Thank you Debra. That is interesting and really narrows down when my Gt. Gt. Grandfather died in July of that year. I haven't previously noticed the census date on Familysearch and will look for it in the future. Many thanks again. Sheila. On 5/1/2012 18:04, Debra MacLaughlan-Dumes wrote: > On May 1, 2012, at 9:51 AM, Pentlands wrote: > >> Hello listers >> >> Can someone please tell me the date on which the census was taken in 1865? >> >> My Gt. Gt. Grandfather George Barnsfather died in July 1865 but I cannot >> find him on the census for that year. >> His wife is there as Mrs. M Barnsfather, with the children. >> >> In GB our census is taken in the spring. > According to Familysearch.org it was taken 3 July 1865: > > https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1803971 > > Best, > D.L. MacLaughlan-Dumes > http://sakionline.net/familypage > Researching Petersen, Mikkelsen, MacLaughlan, and Jatho in Cook County > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message