I would second this. I know that my ancestors had a deep suspicion of the government and really weren't all that happy about giving the government any information they didn't feel it needed. Matter of fact we're still like that today <g>... Information on a census may have felt "intrusive" to your relatives and they may have just given whatever they felt like at the time. Charlotte > [Original Message] > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 9/22/03 10:44:16 AM > Subject: [OHADAMS] Re: Bradford > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YYB.2ACI/790.1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.2 > > Message Board Post: > > Shirley, > Just a reminder that the census info, including state of birth, was only as good as the person at home providing the information. Many times it was a teenage daughter and the birth place of her parents was only a guess, most often in the state currently lived in. Don't entirely discount a potential lineage because of this, just keep searching for other documentation. > > > ==== OHADAMS Mailing List ==== > Help Instructions at: http://www.bright.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html > Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=OHAdams > Messge Board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.st ates.ohio.counties.adams&o=1&maxrows=25&dir=next