Thanks Jean, But for foreign births the census taker was only supposed to record the country of birth and unfortunately that is just what he did. Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "JeanB" <gentlesunset@cox.net> To: <RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 6:52 AM Subject: Re: [RIPROVID] John Alexander Lind > Susan, The 1900 census that is tells you - where they came from, ie: > Cork > when they arrived here and when and if they were naturalized. The > following site explains what is on all of them. > http://www.allcensus.com/whatsin.html > > Hope this helps.... Jean > > You can discover the following about an ancestor in the 1900 U.S. Census: > . State, county, and township of residence > . Street and house number (where available) > . Relationship to head-of-household > . Gender and ethnicity > . Month and year of birth and age at last birthday > . Birthplace > . Marital status and, if married, length of marriage > . For married women, number of children born and number living > . Birthplace of mother and father > . For aliens or naturalized citizens, year of immigration and citizenship > status > . Occupation of each person 10+ years and number of months not employed > . Information about school attendance and literacy > . Information about home ownership or farm residence > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Susan Sherman > Date: 03/05/05 05:27:25 > To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [RIPROVID] John Alexander Lind > > Bill, > > Thank you for the marriage and birth records. Now to find the father's > (John Alexander son of Alexander and Alicia born Jan 1844 {from 1900 > census}) birth record, and more importantly from where in Ireland the > parents came. Maybe then I can find the Irish connection!! Don't expect > that to happen though. > > > > ==== RIPROVID Mailing List ==== > You can contact the list administrator at GFSBrenda@aol.com > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

Oh, didn't realize that because on my ancestors it says..Cork, Ireland..so assumed they all would be the same. Jean -------Original Message------- From: Susan Sherman Date: 03/05/05 22:40:05 To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RIPROVID] John Alexander Lind Thanks Jean, But for foreign births the census taker was only supposed to record the country of birth and unfortunately that is just what he did. Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "JeanB" <gentlesunset@cox.net> To: <RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 6:52 AM Subject: Re: [RIPROVID] John Alexander Lind > Susan, The 1900 census that is tells you - where they came from, ie: > Cork > when they arrived here and when and if they were naturalized. The > following site explains what is on all of them. > http://www.allcensus.com/whatsin.html > >