I fell the same way as you do. I received the short form,too, but didn't know that there was a longer form sent to others. I did remark to my husband that the form was very short, and I thought that it was going to be a lot longer than it was. I have also heard that there were those who received a longer form. Do you know how they chose which ones were to receive the longer forms? This was also the first census form that I had to fill out here in the USA. I will turn 51 in less than two weeks. In 1970 I was in college, 1980 overseas in Berlin with my husband and family while he was in the air force, and in 1990 overseas yet again in England,. We lived in England from end of Dec 1991 to June 1997 and didn't fill out any census but they sent out forms for everyone to see if there was anyone in the residences in England who could vote. I am also disappointed because I would have especially enjoyed filling out the longer form instead of the very abbreviate form that we filled out. It didn't even ask you the amount of education that the residents have or even whether any of them could read or write or even speak English. Gwendalynn Gohlke Dunn Deborah.Mueller@chron.com wrote: > I just filled out my 200 census. I received the short version. It only > asked my name, age, date of birth, how many lived in my household, and if I > owned my house and what race I was. That is all. > > How are future generations going to doing any searching with such little > information? > > I am 51 years old. This is the first census I have ever received and I have > lived in the same house for almost 30 years. > > I am very disappointed with the census. > > Deborah L. Mueller > > Houston Chronicle > General Accounting Department > Phone (713) 220-3532 > Fax (713) 354-3029 > Deborah.Mueller@chron.com <mailto:Deborah.Mueller@chron.com> > > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Swiss Resource Site > http://swiss.genealogy.net