On 10/3/2012 12:48 PM, Lisa McKinney wrote: > One of the things I learned in my 1940s Census research is that it was > the first one where the ability to read and write was a job requirement. > LOL! And even then, going by some of the ones I indexed, it seems that read and write "well" wasn't always in play! Karen Packard Rhodes currently residing in Pinellas Park, Pinellas County, Florida