write me direct and I will send a youtube video that is very informative. Grace -------------------------------------------------- From: "Bob McAlister" <bob_mcalister@compuserve.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 3:17 PM To: <tnlincol@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [TNLINCOL] two cents from a former census taker > what law requires participation? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: richerson52@comcast.net > To: tnlincol@rootsweb.com > Sent: Mon, Mar 1, 2010 4:41 pm > Subject: [TNLINCOL] two cents from a former census taker > > > As a 1980 door-to-door census taker,* let me urge everyone to fill in your > own > ensus and mail it in! That will save our government (us) the money that > would > therwise have to be paid to census takers, who will go to an address up to > hree times! Participation is required by law. > > lder censuses did not have forms to mail in; information was collected by > oor-to-door enumerators. On the very old forms I think we are seeing the > actual > ollected info. If the list is alphabetical, then of course no. > > magine: > . miles between houses out in the country. The enumerator arrives and only > a > 2-yr-old boy is at home. Ask him or come back? That's why I question ANY > old > erson's age if it ends in a zero or 5---sounds like estimating. > > . given dental care in the old days (many people toothless from middle age > on), > iteracy, and accents, the enumerator spelled names as best as he could. > Our > arrons became Barnes..... > > . same for birthplaces. I doubt that my children could correctly give the > irthplaces of their grandparents. > > ensuses are essential for accurate representation in Congress and local > overnment. As genealogy tools, they are a wonderful.......clue!!! Not a > uaranteed fact. > > (As a census-taker, I faced menacing dogs, strange entryways with > snakeskins > n the floor, and a "hypnotist" who wanted me as his "assistant"! Mail in > your > ensus!!!) > > hyllis > > ------------------------------ > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > he message > > > ------------------------------- > 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