I've found circumstances that make the date of the enumerator visit more
important than the official date; an example from my notes:
"Sarah Elizabeth was counted twice in 1870: once at her grandparents'
(Robert & Sarah Milling) house and again at home. Based on Eliza, age 12,
at that house on 25 June (DALLAS > PLANTERSVILLE PCT Series: M593 Roll: 14
Page: 555) and Eliza, age 12, at the home of Mary Milling {her mother} on
15 June (DALLAS > WOODLAWN PCT Series: M593 Roll: 14 Page: 798)."
If you don't know that Robert & Sarah had two daughters-in-law named Mary
and that each had a daughter who was called "Eliza" (about 2 years
difference in their ages), you might not place which "Eliza" was counted
twice. The other "Eliza" was counted at home with her mother (living next
door to Robert & Sarah) on 25 June.
Typical of genealogy research - something that took hours to determine can
be typed in less than a minute ;-)
John
> Just completed the "Events & Chronologies" (V.1,#5) Training CD and
> came across an interesting question. When recording the DATE of the
> Federal census (USA) - should you put the date the enumerator visited
> the house? _or_ should you use the record the "Official" Date -
> since every form states that is what should be recorded? Official
> Dates are:
> Thnaks
> Keith
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