Vicki, They have been mailing the census forms for as long as I can remember. The days of going from door to door are long gone. VicciAnne ----- Original Message ----- From: Victoria Fair <vlfair@compassnet.com> To: <WOODS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 02, 1999 10:42 PM Subject: [WOODS-L] Census 2000 > Hello all- > > Today I saw a sign regarding employment opportunities for census takers > for the 2000 census. I know I take it for granted that someone took the > time to visit my ancestors and write down all their information for me > to see 100 years later. If you can spare the time at all, please > consider being a census taker (I don't work for the census bureau) so > that our genealogical information will be preserved for years to come. > (Just in case, your filing cabinet worth of notes, doesn't survive!) The > census bureau has an employment site: > http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/employ.htm I'm going to try and do it in > my area and I encourage others to do the same! > > Vicki Fair >