And sometimes the lady of the household liked to keep her age constant, making the earliest census age usually the best choice. They were not usually asked what year they were born, but how old they were. That's what my grandparents said, and what my Dad, now 103 says.
CE ----- Original Message ----- From: Sherry/Support<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 8:48 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] "Facts" I've seen a lot of people age more or less than 10 years between censuses. Sometimes the enumerator would get the information from a neighbor or someone in the household who is taking a wild guess... Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 8:43 AM, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Paula, the age discrepancies I was talking about are for people who age 7 or > so years between censuses! > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless Thunderbolt smartphone > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Paula Ryburn" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: [LegacyUG] "Facts" > Date: Mon, Aug 22, 2011 8:33 am > <snip> > > To the OP: Sometimes the age on census is a year different just because of > the date the census was taken, at least I've found that to be the case with > some of my ancestors. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
