Then again, there are those who are almost guaranteed to lie about their age...Jack Benny...most all of my (dear) relatives....I think it starts in youth when some lie to be older, thus taken seriously, then as a parent, remember when there were more children's fares, like 15 cents off on a bus fare....12 year olds always cringe when their mom or pop says they are 9 or 10, then......er, uh, I lost a couple years for a while. Years ago I had a really tough union negotiating position for 6 months and after that I said 37, 40, 50 all easy when you've been 107. Art Thomas Shade <tomdel2@webtv.net> wrote: Too bad all censuses do not get info from mothers. In my family history, one mother's age changes by more than 10 years from one census to the next, and she was not always getting older. Sometimes I think "Maybe a neighbor gave this info." Delores ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Carol Hepburn, at chepburn@cox.net. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now