tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post8423861142759636199..comments2023-06-26T04:17:39.453-05:00Comments on Genealogy Tip of the Day: They Had Little To Prove...Michael John Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10785989524587275817noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-3301941922859709292012-09-01T16:09:01.215-05:002012-09-01T16:09:01.215-05:00One can easily give the wrong information when in ...One can easily give the wrong information when in a hurry or distracted. While signing up for a web site with user name, etc. and those questions like your favorite car, or father's middle name I gave my father's first name!! I knew better, but just got in a hurry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-25319171430362969792012-08-31T15:17:09.142-05:002012-08-31T15:17:09.142-05:00I'm not certain it's 50/50, but it is plau...I'm not certain it's 50/50, but it is plausible that the census taker did know some of the information--or worse yet, thought he knew and wasn't right. Census takers in rural areas, probably knew the names of a great number of the enumerees and probably some relationships, but ages and places of birth are more problematic. Michael John Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785989524587275817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-42184781721727578772012-08-31T15:02:28.531-05:002012-08-31T15:02:28.531-05:00"the census taker might not even know." ..."the census taker might not even know." - or the opposite could be true ('the census taker might know') when one considers the fact that the Census Bureau has generally hired enumerators who live in the enumeration district. It's a 50/50 chance, isn't it...Jim Maceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102883757628619294noreply@blogger.com