Hi Everyone! I have seen the recent postings about the upcoming Census and thought that maybe I should make a comment: I am the Crew Leader for the Northern Panhandle of WV for the Census 2000. Starting last fall we have begun verifying addresses in the area (and all across the country) in preparation for March 2000 when the Census questionaires will be mailed. The verification was broken up into rural and urban areas. The rural verification was completed in November 1998 and we are in the process of finishing the urban verification this month in the northern panhandle. This is the way things are supposed to work: Using our list of addresses, Census questionaires will be mailed to all of the addresses the we have verified in March of 2000. For the houses that we saw that we were unable to obtain an address, we made a description of the house and where it is located and these questionaires will be hand delivered. We traveled every road in each county (those that were impassable, we walked). We did our best not to miss anyone. In April or May of 2000 the Census Bureau will send out enumerators to any address that did not return a completed Census questionaire to try and get the information in person. This is a huge undertaking and we have done our best to see that things are done correctly. Since this is such a huge task, the Bureau is always in need of help. I got involved because of my interest in the Census since I use it so much in my genealogy research. You can still get on board. In the next year, the Census will be hiring at least 2000 people in WV alone. If you are interested in working, you can call the Census Job line for more information about opportunities in your area. 1-888-325-7733. When your questionaire does come, please fill it out and return it. Remember, these are the records that the genealogists of the future will be pouring over. Errin Clark Cain