> List, I thought this would be helpful to pass along from another rootsweb >list I belong to. > > > The date that counts is not the one on which the > > information was recorded by the census taker, but the status of the > > household on the specific OFFICIAL Census Date: > > > > "Census takers were instructed to count the population on a given date, >for > > example June 1st, and even if it was August before the count was actually > > made for a given family the information was to be accurate as of June 1st. > > If someone was alive on June 1st and deceased by the time the census taker > > got to the house that person would be listed as living. If a baby was born > > in July (for example) it would not be listed since it wasn't alive on June > > 1st. This can be extremely confusing and frustrating since most census > > schedules list the actual date the census information was written down. It > > has caused many family researcher untold hours of unnecessary research. In > > the following explanation of each census watch closely for the date the > > census was to be recorded as of. Along the same lines some of the later > > schedules that ask for a birth year will record a child as 2/12 meaning >the > > child is two months old. Most researchers look at the date the information > > was recorded and quickly come up with a birth date - but remember the >child > > would be 2 months old AT THE CENSUS ENUMERATION DATE - not the date the > > information was recorded." > >