Sometimes a neighbor was the one who gave the information to the census taker--to save them that extra walk down the road--so don't always think that the census info was given by a primary source! In a message dated 2/15/2010 10:34:25 A.M. Mountain Standard Time, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com writes: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: stevie1302 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties. greene/1333.1338.2354.2358.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Yes, I noticed the discrepancy of childrens' ages in the 1850 census. I have no explanation. The 1850 census, being the first fully enumerated census, does have a lot of errors. I have seen many times where children in the household may actually have a different surname than the "head". Sometimes you can "figure it out" and sometimes you can't. thanks for the burial information. stevie Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message