Then they should only ask one question and that being how many occupants in the home. Grace -------------------------------------------------- From: "Julia Molitz" <jmolitz@cox.net> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 12:59 PM To: "TNLINCOL" <tnlincol@rootsweb.com> Subject: [TNLINCOL] 1890,1930 & 2010 Census > List members, > > Let us not forget what the census is for. It is not for genealogy or > knowing how many TV's or bathrooms one has. It is to determine the > district lines for Congressmen to represent that district or how many > Congressmen a state must have. There are districts that change in 10 > years. There may be more or less people living in an individual district > therefore lines may be redrawn. Or there may be more or less people in a > state, so the state may lose or gain a Congressman. By not answering the > 2010 census could throw off the count and one may not wish for their > district to be incorporated with another or lose a Congressman. > > This is the reason I believe that the 2010 census should be kept on micro > film. It would be a paper trail that would show if fraud was used to over > count or under count. Using the census for genealogy is like icing on a > cake. A wonderful side benefit for us. > > Census records are released to the public ever 12 years. The 1930 census > is complete & on line at several genealogy sites for a cost. The 1890 > census is the one that is incomplete. The 1900 & 1910 census are damaged > on some pages. > > The way to try to get the 2010 census on microfilm is to contact your > Senator and Congressman using genealogy only as a side talking point. If > you do not fill out the form & mail it in a census worker will come to > your house. I am going to make a copy of my filled out & signed census > form for a paper trail. I may be the only one :-( > > One thing may happen. The Mormon Church may step in to microfilm the > census, if they can. If they pay to do so I am sure there will be more > than one Congressman who will be happy to get in on that deal. > > Julia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message