Thanks Cathi. I knew that 4/12 meant 4 months but I missed the other column which showed her birth month as January. It's still screwy though. The Census for Lancaster Precinct was taken in August and the month of birth and age don't match; however, the one for Ashland Precinct was taken in April and the month of birth and age do match. So, problem solved. Thanks again, Sarge At 6/28/2010 08:44 PM Monday, Cathi Clore Frost wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >Sarge, > >4/12 should mean age 4 months in a census record rather than a date. I just >checked the actual census. The month Jan is in another column (If born >within the year state month). So she was born in January 1870 but the exact >date is not noted. Interestingly, this family is listed twice -- in both >Ashland Precinct in April 1871 (1870 crossed out and 1871 written in) and >Lancaster Precinct in Aug. 1870, both in Cass County, Illinois. > >Cathi >(snip) **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT*********** My Germanna Database at Rootsweb: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=germanna My Germanna Website at Rootsweb: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry/~george/index.html