Hi Doreen It was just the 1841 (of the available census online) 1851 on should be as given by the head of household Ages over 15 should have been rounded down to the nearest five years so a 29 year old should have been enumerated as 25, a 41 year as 40 etc Mind you many enumerators either ignored it or did not understand the rules as laid down This may help with other abbreviations etc http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcots/Enum.html Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > Greetings List, > > If anyone is awake and inputting and feeling helpful > tonite at this time 11.30 pm - do you think you could > please remind me which Census rounded > the ages? > (I have someone asking me and I can't remember.) > > Sorry to be such a silly, but the brain does not seem > to be working tonite. > I definitely have checked google, but don't seem able to > find what I am looking for.. > > Many thanks. > Doreen (in Hinckley)
Thank you sooo very much for your prompt reply. Glad that you were able to help me. Many thanks. (Glad you were still awake Nivard!) Regards, Doreen Nivard Ovington <ovington1@sky.com> wrote: Hi Doreen It was just the 1841 (of the available census online) 1851 on should be as given by the head of household Ages over 15 should have been rounded down to the nearest five years so a 29 year old should have been enumerated as 25, a 41 year as 40 etc Mind you many enumerators either ignored it or did not understand the rules as laid down This may help with other abbreviations etc http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcots/Enum.html Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > Greetings List, > > If anyone is awake and inputting and feeling helpful > tonite at this time 11.30 pm - do you think you could > please remind me which Census rounded > the ages? > (I have someone asking me and I can't remember.) > > Sorry to be such a silly, but the brain does not seem > to be working tonite. > I definitely have checked google, but don't seem able to > find what I am looking for.. > > Many thanks. > Doreen (in Hinckley) --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.