The following is from Shaking Your Family Tree by Myra Vanderpool Gormley at Rootsweb; http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/syft/curcolumn.htm The enumerator was instructed to record the family as it was composed of on the official date of the census — not the day of the enumerator’s visit. The same caveat applies to trying to calculate an ancestor’s age. Official census dates were: First Monday in August for 1790-1820 June 1 for 1830-1900 April 15 for 1910 January 1 for 1920 -----Original Message----- From: Joanne <burner55@gte.net> To: VAROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com <VAROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, October 05, 2000 9:39 PM Subject: [VAROCKIN] 1860 Census >Need to find the month of the 1860 census in Rockingham Dist # 1 PO >Harrisonburg. I'm hoping it is June to prove a birth date. Thanks, JH > >