In a message dated 03/22/1999 10:38:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << With regard to the use of "inmate" to denote people living in a household, this is just my opinion, but I think the census taker was being a bit fanciful, perhaps in the absence of any instructions. Also this is the only census that I have seen in which the wife (or lady of the house) has been call "landlady". That is usually taken to mean someone who is running an establishment of rental property, such as a rooming house, etc. >> Ruby - I agree - I've searched census records in many VA counties and several states and I've never seen this before - I noticed the "landlady" designation too and it also didn't appear that he put the head of household at the beginning of each household either - most census takers started with the head, then took the wife, then children, then any boarders or servants. Bev