Roseanne, I would say that maybe the '8' on that census should have been '0'. Some census reports say something like 3/12 for 3 months. But, have seen some register any child born the same year as the census as '0'. If the enumerator had been recording numbers all day/week..he could have accidently made an '8' for a '0'. --- Rosanne Vrugtman <xun@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I'm curious about the "accuracy" of the Census > reports. My uncle SWEARS > that Henry S. Goad was born in 1840. That's what > all the (local) history > books/reports say, that's what the family history > says, and that is, in > fact, what it says on his tombstone. (My brother, > uncle, aunt and I toured > a number of family cemeteries on Sunday and I have > pictures!) However, the > 1850 Smith County Census indicates that Henry was 8 > years old at that > time--which would put his birth year at 1842. I've > also seen 1842 in a > number of different places, so I don't know which is > correct. Any > clues/suggestions? > > Rosanne (Goad) Vrugtman > St. Louis, MO > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Charles Gregory [mailto:gregoryc@charter.net] > Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 8:05 PM > To: TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TNSMITH] Re: books for sale > > Yes we have a very generous group of smith county > volunteers > and the money folks put up for the census project as > well as > other projects and the transcribers are the > proof.... > > thanks to all the smith county volunteers!!! > > Charlie @ the website > > Jenny M. Calvin wrote: > > > The censuses (1820-1930, excl. 1890 obviously) are > available on cd from > > SK Publications for $30 for all of them. What a > deal! Many, many > > thanks to those who helped to make these > available. I've spent *many* > > late nights digging. . . . :-) > > > > Jenny > > > ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== > Add Your Surnames to Our Smith County Surnames Page > at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/tngen/surnames.htm > > > > > ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== > Submit Your Family Pictures, Biographies, Histories > Wills, Fokelore, To The Smith Co Web Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/ > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com