Shanon, It is my understanding that the school census is just as it is today and the teachers took the census from their class rosters. I could be mistaken though. Cassy. > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 07:30:12 -0500 > From: Sharon Wilson <slwilson@woh.rr.com> > Subject: [KYKNOX] School Censuses in Knox County... > To: KYKNOX@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <7991720fc9453657a7b1b8d6df67b7b9@woh.rr.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > Dear Cassy, > > Happy New Year! Thank you for all you do for genealogy. We would be > up the creek for sure, without good people like you and all your > helpers. > > I was looking at the Knox school censuses yesterday and realized I had > no idea what generated them. I noticed when I found my own relatives > that "children" included young men and women who were as old as 19. > Both of my parents completed their educations with graduation from the > eighth grade, and none of my older relatives attended school in their > late teens. Actually, my own mother was married by the time she was > 19. I know some people might have attended school at that age, but > it could not have been common, could it? > > What was the purpose of these censuses? Can you tell me? How were > they taken? Did the census taker go to the homes and list everyone > under a certain age? > > I am just curious about this, and I hope you know the answers. Thanks > for your help. > > Sharon Wilson >