Hi, Listers, Thanks to all who have emailed me or posted in the digest with responses to my query about the death of the widow of William Phillips, which was recorded in the West B & C Advertiser, 24 Jan 1851. I do appreciate everyone's response. First, Alan, right...the publication date makes it close enough for government work! But, most of the other event reports say what date the event occurred. I just wondered why this one didn't. In the US, when censuses were taken, the rule was that if someone died within a certain amount of time before the census official date, they were still enumerated. Also, if a baby was born within a certain time frame, it was not enumerated. I am sorry that I don't have the rule right before me to quote. Anyway, I thought maybe the British censuses had a similar rule that might account for an obit in Jan and that person still be enumerated in March as "having been alive in that census year. So, Judith, you are probably correct that this isn't my lady...but I was trying to check every possibility. Blessings, Y'all....Meli in Texas PS. Is Dennis Ivall still researching? He was a tremendous help to me about 20 years ago.