Hi Linda, Thanks for the tip. You are right and all census records have errors, especially in names which were often spelled the way they sounded. Jim and Wanda ================= pamperedlin@juno.com wrote: >My 2 cents worth --Just a reminder here -- as you may already realize -- >many things on census records were incorrect, so I assume that you have >other records besides the census showing the place and date of birth. On >the 1900 census in Douglas Co., MO it shows my grandfather as being 10 >years old and born in 1889. His mother was only born in 1880. He was >actually born in 1899 and only 1 year old at the time of the census. >Also have many other family members who's place of birth and parents >place of birth on the census record does not match other documents I have >found. It's good to gather data from as many sources as possible and >keep an open mind when assimilating it. It often tells a different story >than we have first been led to believe. > >Linda >