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From: "Paul E. Lawrence" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Census dates
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 09:58:43 -0600
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In-Reply-To: <3A646571.10B0F4C6@reigelridge.com>


My opinion, in the census source, use the official date of the census, and,
as you state, in the census tag recording the enumeration, use the
enumeration date.


>Used for what? The original question was which date to put on the tag. Which
>tag? This thread has jumped all over the place, but has generally avoided
>avoided specifying what the question is. If the Tag we're talking about is one
>to record the enumeration, the enumeration date is the correct one to use. If
>the question is which date do we use when using a census as a source for a
>birth
>tag, then Paul's caution certainly applies -- in theory you should use the "as
>of" date, but it's often misleading.

Paul E. Lawrence

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