> In fact, my g-g-grandfather Solomon Zeigler seemed to have > forgotten he was born in 1842 as by around 1880, he was listing 1840 as > his birth date. Of course, as long as I am exhausting possibilities, I > have seen ages on censuses wrong a number of times. > The important thing to remember with the census is that you do not know who gave the information to the census taker (enumerator). It could have been the head of household, the spouse, one of the kids, the hired hand, or even the people living down the road. The census should always be used as a clue, not necessarily as a fact. Happy hunting, Amy Johnson Crow