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From: "Kathy Nichols" <>
Subject: RE: [MAESSEX] VR inaccuracies
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 11:27:38 -0600
In-Reply-To: <004601c1ab3b$a906cd60$10348a18@accesscable.net>


I don't know about Canada, but in American censuses the enumerators were
allowed, at least in some years, to ask a neighbor for the information about
a family if the family wasn't home. Even if the family was home, we don't
know which of the family members actually answered the questions.

My knowledge of baptism records is lacking. Is it possible that baptisms
were done a year after the birth? Did the baptism records show the date of
birth and the date of baptism?
Kathy

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Noble [mailto:]
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 10:15 AM
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Subject: Re: [MAESSEX] VR inaccuracies


In Canada, the 1901 census has dates of birth, and even that is not
considered a reliable source. Even though the information was given by a
family member.


I have the naturalization records for two of my father's uncles who went to
Mass. In both cases, the date of birth is off by a year, when compared to
the baptism record. They gave the data to be recorded, and were wrong by a
year.



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