In a message dated 2/10/03 10:33:59 AM Pacific Standard Time, ntrump@juno.com writes: << I remember reading the same information about the drunk census taker, made me a little leary of all the information on the records. On one of my family the census taker took the information from the children and it wasnot correct. and have found 59 spellings on one of my ancestor's names. sounds normal ? >> Also, if the family was not at home when the census taker called, info was sometimes taken from neighbors, who did not always know the answer or who gave incorrect info.