Still the creative names used in the census records seems to me to have been a southern thing. My other families in New England, Indiana, Ohio and Missouri didn't play with their names and ages the way my Smith county peeps did. Also the ages in those other areas were more reliable. Most of these people from other areas were farmers and apt to be out in the fields, yet their information was apt to be consistant. Note to Peggy, I'm back and working through all that information you gave me about the Harville family. Hopefully later today, I'll have a nice long reply to you. Linda Carlisle Lewis

Thanks Linda. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Lewis" <llewis001@centurytel.net> To: <TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 8:12 AM Subject: [TNSMITH] census v records > Still the creative names used in the census records seems to me to have > been a southern thing. > > My other families in New England, Indiana, Ohio and Missouri didn't play > with their names and ages the way my Smith county peeps did. > Also the ages in those other areas were more reliable. Most of these > people from other areas were farmers and apt to be out in the fields, yet > their information was apt to be consistant. > > Note to Peggy, I'm back and working through all that information you gave > me about the Harville family. Hopefully later today, I'll have a nice > long reply to you. > > Linda Carlisle Lewis > > > ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== > Submit Your Family Pictures, Biographies, Histories > Wills, Fokelore, To The Smith Co Web Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/ > >