Many thanks!
CE
From: br...@the-lightfoots.com
To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 16:56:16 -0700
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] FW: Chronology View
There has been only one US Census that was effective on 1 January and that was
the 1920 Census. Prior to that, the 1910 Census
There has been only one US Census that was effective on 1 January and that
was the 1920 Census. Prior to that, the 1910 Census was effective 15 April,
and prior to that all previous ones were effective 1 June. Since the 1920
census, the most recent ones were effective 1 April.
The date of the
I have appreciated the different ideas about what date to use for Census
data in Events.
And I have to agree with what John shared as that is what I do. I record
the date the Enumerator was at the door. I have many instances of
children and other family members being in 'two places at once'
Great!
CE
From: dwquig...@cox.net
To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:33:48 -0700
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] FW: Chronology View
Not to quibble, but although the official date is what was supposed to have
been the criteria for enumeration, I have seen too many
The official date for the 1930 census was 1 April. My 2nd cousin appears in an
enumeration taken 3 April in the household of his grandmother in Seminole Co,
FL. He also appears in his father's household in Goliad Co, TX, with the date
17 May. Obviously, one, or both, of the enumerators
Not to quibble, but although the official date is what was supposed to have
been the criteria for enumeration, I have seen too many instances of the
data apparently being taken as of the date of the enumeration. As I said,
that was incorrect, but I still believe it happened. That is why I always
Oops! Typo!
"Name of every Person whose usual place of abode on the first day of June,
1850, was in this family"
CE
From: wood...@msn.com
To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:06:26 -0700
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] FW: Chronology View
That's exactly why it is
That's exactly why it is important to view the actual census page itself. Many
transcribers make egregious errors, so ancestry.com summaries, for instance,
too often contain errors in names, dates, et alia. The date that the census
taker interviews is not the date either; it is the date in the
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