In a message dated 9/22/2005 3:53:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, nadineh@up-link.net writes: My image says 31day of Aug 1850 Nadine Nadine- That may well be the actual date the census taker came to the house but the information was supposed to have been given as of the official census date for the 1850 census which was June 1st 1850. In other words, if a child was born or an age advanced during this period between June 1 and Aug. 31st--the date and people included in the census should only reflect the status as of June 1st. Joan

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:17:16 EDT, you wrote: Joan, I believe Tom was trying to figure on if >Mortality Index: 1850 >Age: 67 >Gender: M >Occupation: Farmer >Death Date: August, 1850 >Death Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania >Cause: Consumption was alive when the census was taken or just what years the index applied to. Nadine >In a message dated 9/22/2005 3:53:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, >nadineh@up-link.net writes: > >My image says 31day of Aug 1850 >Nadine > > > >Nadine- > >That may well be the actual date the census taker came to the house but the >information was supposed to have been given as of the official census date for > the 1850 census which was June 1st 1850. In other words, if a child was >born or an age advanced during this period between June 1 and Aug. 31st--the >date and people included in the census should only reflect the status as of June > 1st. > >Joan > > >==== PALANCAS Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe first check and see if you are getting list or digest mode then e-mail PALANCAS-L-request@rootsweb.com or PALANCAS-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe in message.

That's right and I still haven't figured out if my GGG Grandfather who actually died in August 1849 is that Henry Gable in the mortality index or not. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: <nadineh@up-link.net> To: <PALANCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 3:04 PM Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] 1850 Census date > On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:17:16 EDT, you wrote: > Joan, > I believe Tom was trying to figure on if >>Mortality Index: 1850 >>Age: 67 >>Gender: M >>Occupation: Farmer >>Death Date: August, 1850 >>Death Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania >>Cause: Consumption > was alive when the census was taken or just what years the index > applied to. > Nadine >>In a message dated 9/22/2005 3:53:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, >>nadineh@up-link.net writes: >> >>My image says 31day of Aug 1850 >>Nadine >> >> >> >>Nadine- >> >>That may well be the actual date the census taker came to the house but >>the >>information was supposed to have been given as of the official census date >>for >> the 1850 census which was June 1st 1850. In other words, if a child was >>born or an age advanced during this period between June 1 and Aug. >>31st--the >>date and people included in the census should only reflect the status as >>of June >> 1st. >> >>Joan >> >> >>==== PALANCAS Mailing List ==== >>To unsubscribe first check and see if you are getting list or digest mode >>then e-mail PALANCAS-L-request@rootsweb.com or >>PALANCAS-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe in message. > > > > ==== PALANCAS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe first check and see if you are getting list or digest mode > then e-mail PALANCAS-L-request@rootsweb.com or > PALANCAS-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe in message. > >