Would it be possible to obtain the "longer - more detailed" census 2000? Since I have become fascinated with genealogy, I realize how important the census is to future researchers. I also received the "short" form yesterday and was disappointed. I had imagined that the census for such a momentous year, 2000, would have tons of info to fill out. Who was your childhood sweetheart, etc. ;-) This is the 1st one I have filled out personally. Not sure why I never saw one in 1990. Maybe I thought it was junk mail. Then again, back then I did not want the government to know more about me than absolutely necessary. The "gov't" has ALL the info they need on me, why tell them anymore. best wishes, Dave Schmutz -----Original Message----- From: Juanita [mailto:juanita@inter-linc.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 7:03 AM To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SWITZ] census Hi We just filled out our census of 2000 and we had little to fill out. We had our name, age how many in home, date of birth, if you owned your home, and our race. It didn't even have if you could read or write. In my grandpa census it ask if you could read or write. My daughter and husband received there census papers to fill out the same day we did and they live next door to us and they had a lot of pages to fill out. When these census come out there is lots of genealogy one can get from theres. Clifford Bollinger