Officially, rounded down to the nearest five years (40, 45, 50, etc). Ron S Original Message: ----------------- From: Mellie chouikh2006@btinternet.com Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:30:46 -0000 To: ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [B.C.] Parkes, Murry, Blinkshaw with Coopers 1841 >>Also, would someone clarify the '41 census recording of age policy? Do >>they round adults age to nearest decade?<< Bob, despite the various things that people say, and I am sure they are very well informed, the truth of the 1841 census, as I have found it to be (and the other years for that matter) is that there is no "uniforming" of rounding up or down, it seems to have depended much on what the enumerator wanted to do that particular day, or even on that particular entry, and it also depened on the information he was given, much of that was guess work, or even lies LOL (ladies hiding thier real ages/bigamous marriages/illigitimates) I guess, we have to look at ourselves now, how do we react to completing the censuses? most people think they ask too many questions, ( i personally always answer 2 questions fascisiously LOL "SEX" and "RACE", I answer "yes please" and "Human" !!) and a lot of people have things they don't want recording on censuses, take that back to 1841, and people then were almost terrified of the enumerator LOL and wanted to impress him, wanted to show they knew their names, ages etc when most of them didn't have a clue! So, if you are pretty sure you have found one of your rellies, but thier age is fluctuating, but other factors lead you to believe they are "yours" GO WITH IT see where it leads! there's always a 50/50 chance you are right!! and they are pretty good odds LOL I have one that is 50 on one census, but only 56 on the next one! one is 56 on one census but only 47 on the next!!!! If everyone was "rounded up or down" they would all be aged in 5's and 10's!! go with what your "genealogy gut feeling" tells you and let somebody else DISPROVE IT LOL (saves you the legwork!) you will find your "GGF" works pretty well as a radar for finding your own!! Happy Hunting!! Mellie How Come My Coat Of Arms Has Buckles At The Back? ==== ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Mailing List ==== The B.C. List Admin is Dave Ogden :- d.ogden@blueyonder.co.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .