I don't think anyone said it was an "excuse." I think this person was just giving a possible scenario. The fact is, some households or people within a household were missed for unknown reasons. It happened and DOES happen. It's ok. The sun will still rise tomorrow. -------Original Message------- From: NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com Date: 01/20/05 11:50:12 To: NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYERIE] Census lookup - Buffalo 1930 >Could it be that they were traveling elsewhere that day, out shopping, >etc. Z: That's not supposed to be an excuse. The census taker's responsibility is to keep coming back until he finds a competent person at home. G ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== To contact the List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> See the Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx