>From: "Richard A. Pence" <richardpence@pipeline.com> >Lisa: > >You must be thinking of the annual school censuses that some >city/county school districts conduct. These are a relatively recent >creation and as such would likely NOT be public information as to >personal information - only the statistical results. Further, I >don't think it is necessary to fill them out unless you have >school-age children. (If no kids in the house, just check the box >that says "Not applicable" or ""no children" and send it back.) Thank you, but since I started this, I guess I need to re-post what I wrote on Feb. 18: "I lived in Somerville [Mass.] for a while in the 1980s and 1990s. A city census was taken every year with a few questions: name, age, occupation, etc. The local history room of the Somerville Public Library had a lot of these in bound form but I don't remember how far back they went. You can get information on many Massachusetts libraries (and search their catalogs) at http://www.mln.lib.ma.us/index.htm I did a search but could not find these census books, but "About Member Libraries" will give you contact info for the library." Everyone had to fill in the census forms, whether we had kids or not. They are public information, at least if you can go to the library. I was asking if other cities and towns do such censuses, and if there is a list of such cities and towns anywhere. From someone's answer, at least there are other municipalities in Mass. that take censuses. Carol Botteron (that's French Swiss) <botteron@alum.mit.edu> Maintainer, Civil War Units File