> Richard A. Pence wrote: > >... The instructions are online and say > >this: <Quotes snipped> > > Yes. After I posted I went and looked. Sorry - my tale appears to > be ill-founded. > > What my friend told me (a few months after the 1970 census) was that > when she had asked the enumerator about the race of her children, > the enumerator had produced a book as large as a bible, half of > which appeared to be about race. Even allowing for her exaggeration > and my faulty interpretation at the time, and my memory since, I > feel that the "book" has not been reproduced on-line. > > Which makes me curious as to what it was. > > I will come across the answer one of these days. ( I have found > that answers generally come without too much effort on my part. I > call it the Piccadilly Circus effect.) > > "cecilia" <myths@ic24.net> Well, I guess my only comment is that it seems quite appropriate that your email handle is "myths." <g> My view would be if a book such as you describe was used in the 1970 census, it sure wouldn't be any secret at this point! Regards, Richard "Richard A. Pence" <richardpence@pipeline.com>