This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZkB.2ACI/1771.1.2.1.1.2 Message Board Post: The census is the most accurate as far as time goes. I understand that the Dallas City Directories were prepared well in advance of the date they were published. Probably, like our roadways, obsolete by the time they were finished!!