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To: TaraP

I appreciate your comments but, as one who is researching family genealogy, I disagree with what you say about the form you show. It only shows the names of heads of household and the number of males and females who live in that household and their age catgegories...no names for spouse or children. I’ve hit a brick wall because of this kind of form. So many people had the same first and last names it’s difficult to know who belongs to whom without names of spouses and childen.The form might be great for a census count but terrible for searching family history.


84 posted on 03/08/2010 3:26:43 PM PST by amethyst17
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To: amethyst17

I am also researching my family history and while it’s nice to have all that information on the census forms from years ago, I realize that some of the questions are ones that didn’t need to be answered, just as there are questions on the current census forms that we should refuse to answer. All that HAS to be answered are Names of all people residing in the residence and Ages. It’s nice to have parents place of birth, occupations etc. but that information has nothing to do with determining the US citizen population.


110 posted on 03/08/2010 5:38:31 PM PST by My hearts in London - Everett (So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.)
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