In a message dated 9/24/2003 11:19:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time, pauldrake@charter.net writes: > 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. It meant the child stayed home - was not in school or otherwise employed anywhere. Bev