Cindy, The "official" census date for 1870 was June 1. That is, everyone was suppose to report who was alive and living in a resident on that date, no matter when the census taker actually showed up at the front door. So sounds like Peter Kime would still have been around on June 1, thus listed. Have a good day, Nola ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Kimes" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 9:09 AM Subject: [KEIM] Re: Peter Keim, died at age 88+ > Here's something odd... > > The 1870 census for Greenfield Twp, LaGrange Co, IN, lists a Peter > Kime, age 88. One would think this the PETER KEIM buried on Pretty > Prairie [LaGrange Co] on 29 July 1870. That Peter was listed at age > 88 years, 10 months and some days at death, yet the census was taken > 9th August, 1870... that's AFTER the burial date. > > Can someone explain? Is the date on the census wrong? or was it > another Peter Keim? > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== KEIM Mailing List ==== > If you need to review your query writing skills, a great refresher > article on the net is: > http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/news/articles/503.asp > >