that 5 year old child was not necessarily an illegitimate child - could have been child of sister or brother of either his or hers and they were caring for it for whatever reason. Sure would not want someone down the road to consider me illegitimate because I lived with an aunt and uncle for a number of years. --- Paul Drake <pauldrake@charter.net> wrote: > And also did not "keep house", as it then was > called. > It means just what it says --- the person in > question just stayed home, > he/she had no outside occupation and did not > attend school. > > > Subject: Census Question > > What do the words AT HOME mean when listed > after age and sex in the 1870 > Virginia Census? It's listed in the same > column as occupation. This was a > 5 year old female child with a different last > name as the head of household > but was supposedly his illegitimate child. > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com