Well, I got the long awaited Census 2000 form in the mail today. I can say that I am mightily disappointed in the amount of information that it collects. My descendants will not be able to find out very much about me when they look me up in the 2000 census about a hundred years from now. The form certainly wasn't designed with genealogist in mind. Name, Age, Date of Birth, Race and # of people in this household, whether we own our home with mortgage, without mortgage or rent, our phone # and our address as it is printed on the form. Not exactly overflowing with information now, is it? So we'd better keep collecting that family history and be thankful for family history programs and web sites to collect and store our genealogy. Someone suggested to the list not too long ago, to make a copy of the census form we fill out and keep it in or genealogy records. The short form, like I received, is hardly worth the effort, but you can print and fill out a copy of the long form for your own personal use. However, I found it ridiculously long with questions as impertinent as the ones on the short form are inadequate. You need the Acorbat Reader to view the forms found at: Long form: http://www.census.gov/pub/dmd/www/pdf/d-61b.pdf Short form: http://www.census.gov/pub/dmd/www/pdf/d61a.pdf Hester Janisch