Sorry, I forgot to include this for 1930: 5) NAME of each person whose place of abode on April 1, 1930, was in this family. Enter surname first, then the given name and middle initial, if any. Include every person living on April 1, 1930. Omit children born since April 1, 1930. =================== Thanks, these are funny stories. In 1930, the "rules" were: PERSONAL DESCRIPTION 11) Sex 12) Color or race 13) Age at last birthday <<=== (I assume as of the date of the inquiry...) 14) Marital condition 15) Age at first marriage At least, I've found the answers to be DURING the year of the Census, not as of the FIRST of the year. E.g., a relative died during 1930 before the Census taker arrived, and he was not listed. Dave Witthans From: Carole Hammond Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 6:44 PM Subject: Re: [GFO] census question > well if you were my garndmother didn't matter she gave them what she > wanted. > She kept getting younger in census records. I actually had one who got older...and her husband got younger. She was trying to even out their ages...he was a lot older. Another gr-grandma was 20 yrs older than her last husband and she didn't tell the truth until she was 80 yrs old. She had ceased to care. I'm trying to nail down one of them now. ;o)