> This is a COMMENT. It is ONLY a comment. No action, response, or > acknowledgement is required. > > If one were sufficiently naive, one might think that when one is > clutching an official death certificate with the name of the > deceased, his age, his parents, and his wife's name, (and a photo of > the tombstone that agrees with the dates) one might also find him on > one of the 5 census preceding his death. > > But noooooo ... > > Cheryl Singhals <[email protected]> I'm trying to remember back to when I was naive... Nope, never was! 8-) A parallel situation since you didn't ask... Some of my probable ancestors were in Warren Co. NC from 1781 to 1804 -- a father, mother, 5 sons and 2 daughters. Only the 2 oldest sons ever appeared on a NC census. Numerous official records - will, marriages, appearance at estate sales, etc. - exist attesting to their presence but not the 1790 or 1800 census. The above is an "aside" thus not violating your dicta. You knew I would! Hugh [email protected] (J. Hugh Sullivan)