If the census taker took the census correctly, the question of age pertains to how old an individual was on the official date of the census. It just takes the effort to find out what the official date was for each year. That is not the date entered on the top of the census necessarily. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alfred Eller" <adeller@santel.net> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [FO] Events out of order, another example > When you enter only the year, it seems to be sorted as if it were the first > of January of that year. > > When you enter only the month and year, it also sees to be sorted as if it > were the first day of that month. > > But, evidently, when the month is Jan, it is listed after just the year. So, > using your system of only entering the year for census information, anyone > that was born in the year of the census is counted before they are born. > (Is that anything like "Counting your chickens before they are hatched"?) > > I don't know what you can do about it other than give the census a complete > date too, but, it often isn't known. > > Good Luck, > Alfred > > ======= > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerry Bryan" <c24m48@hotmail.com> > > > > > There was a thread recently where events were out of order. For example, > a > > marriage after a death if the marriage had no date associated with it and > > the death did. > > > > I have encountered a new situation which is a little different because > both > > events do have correct dates associated with them, yet they are out of > > order. > > > > I have a person born in January 1850, enumerated in the 1850 census age > > 4/12. I don't put a month or day on census events, just the year. When I > > have it, I do put the exact enumeration date as a note, but not as a part > of > > the date of the census event. > > > > This person was enumerated before they were born according to Family > > Origins. > > > > Jerry Bryan > > > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > PLEASE send personal replies and "THANK YOU" message privately. All messages on this list are archived and archiving takes up valuable space. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >