[Genealib] help please - looking for a story about census changes

[Phyllis Rickard]

Hello all,

 

Sometime in the last two or three weeks, I read a story on a website about
why you can't find your people in the census. I believe the link to it came
from this list. It could have been posted longer ago than two weeks as I'm
usually behind getting my mail read for my lists.

 

The story was about a census taker going to the household where a child was
watching the younger children. She didn't want to bother the immigrant
parents so she answered the questions. She changed their given names, ages,
birthplaces, etc. The story followed the same family (the parents) through
the census years in the same house, but with different answers in each
census. 

 

I should have printed or bookmarked it, but I didn't. If anyone knows where
to find this story, I would appreciate it if you would contact me directly
with the URL.

 

Thank you!

 

Phyllis Rickard

Local History / A-V Librarian

Lenawee County Library

4459 West US-223

Adrian, MI 49221

prickard at monroe.lib.mi.us

517-263-1011

 

 

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