FYI: Someone sent me this info on Census dates. I thought it was worth passing on. Mary Ann >I made up the following chart which is tucked in the back of my research >carry-with folder. Maybe it would help others as well. > >When you are reading Federal Census' you will see a date which is when the >data was taken. Congress specified a 'census day' for gathering the >information. The census day was not the day the enumerator arrived at the >household, it was the day for which all the statistics of the census was >collected. > >Year Census Day Time allowed > >1790 2 Aug 1790 9 months >1800 4 Aug 1800 9 months >1810 6 Aug 1810 10 months >1820 7 Aug 1820 13 months >1830 1 June 1830 12 months >1840 1 June 1840 18 months >1850 1 June 1850 5 months >1860 1 June 1860 5 months >1870 1 June 1870 5 months >1880 1 June 1880 1 month >1890 1 June 1890 1 month >1900 1 June 1900 1 month >1910 15 April 1910 1 month >1920 1 Jan 1920 1 month - ------------------------------------------------- Mary Ann Kaylor In IL - Morgan Area Genealogical Ass. & Waverly GS http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/index.html My Family Genealogy http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.htm KAYLOR & TEDROW lineages included KAYLOR MAIL LIST To subscribe: KAYLOR-L-request@rootsweb.com KAYLOR GenConnect Cluster Boards http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/a/KAYLOR/queries http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/a/KAYLOR/bible_records http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/a/KAYLOR/biographies http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/a/KAYLOR/deeds http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/a/KAYLOR/obituaries http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/a/KAYLOR/pensions http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/a/KAYLOR/wills KALER MAIL LIST To subscribe: KALER-L-request@rootsweb.com TEDROW MAIL LIST To subscribe: TEDROW-L-request@rootsweb.com