My understanding is that the 72 years was chosen because that was the average life expectancy (at that time). Liz (in Tacoma) ----- Original Message ----- From: "juliasgenes" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 8:38 PM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] ? re' census Actually, it's part of the statutes regarding the census. It's meant as a privacy protection, I believe. I don't know why 72 years was chosen over 70 or 75 years, but the reason are likely available in histories, Congressional Records, maybe even the 'Net, if you're interested. --- On Thu, 3/11/10, HARRY MARJORIE DELLWO <[email protected]> wrote: ...do you really think that is political... just thought it was a fact. For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com Please visit and participate in our new forum http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank makes sense as a working theory. --- On Thu, 3/11/10, wesixski11 <[email protected]> wrote: ...My understanding is that the 72 years was chosen because that was the average life expectancy (at that time). Liz