This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZVC.2ACE/899.1920 Message Board Post: One thing I came across repeatedly while trawling through the US census was the fact that the enumerators were not too fussy about how they spelt our man`s name. Sometimes with one `p` or `n` and the ages did vary by a few years but there was no doubt that it was the same man because of the address or names of children. Patrick Walker