Sometimes something comes up in my daily reading that really makes me go "Oh yeah!" Such was the case with the April 5, 2010 issue of Time Magazine's Q & A with census director, Robert Groves. When asked how he applied his statistical smarts to hobbies, his answer was that he is a bit of a genealogist, and that all of us can use old censuses to do little neighborhood studies.
Remember, the 2010 census does not even ask where you were born. Hello? My descendants, should my kids ever 'get busy' will hopefully find us in Tennessee after we lived in Michigan all our lives. I left them a clue.
Copyright 2010, ACK for Gene Notes
Showing posts with label 2010 Census. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2010 Census. Show all posts
Monday, March 29, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
More Thoughts on the 2010 Census
My sort of tongue-in-cheek take on the 2010 census.
Did you wonder what the Census bureau is spending on the census? I've read anywhere from 11 to 14 BILLION dollars to count residents of the United States. I have no idea what the mailings are costing them, but so far I have received three:
1. Notice that the census would be arriving soon.
2. The census. Which I promptly filled out and mailed back.
3. The postcard reminding me to fill out and mail back.
Do you remember the stimulus package? It was supposed to create jobs. I think it created 14 here in our little 'ville with the creation of bus service. Mostly the stimulus package has been a dismal failure. You wonder what this has to do with the census? Well, the census bureau has to hire people to go out and collect censuses that have not been returned. I guarantee that if you hang on to that census form, they will come and get it. Put your neighbors to work and let them come and get it from you. Even if it means it costs stimulus dollars.
Then, after the census worker has picked it up, record that in your genealogy.
Copyright 2010, ACK for Gene Notes
Did you wonder what the Census bureau is spending on the census? I've read anywhere from 11 to 14 BILLION dollars to count residents of the United States. I have no idea what the mailings are costing them, but so far I have received three:
1. Notice that the census would be arriving soon.
2. The census. Which I promptly filled out and mailed back.
3. The postcard reminding me to fill out and mail back.
Do you remember the stimulus package? It was supposed to create jobs. I think it created 14 here in our little 'ville with the creation of bus service. Mostly the stimulus package has been a dismal failure. You wonder what this has to do with the census? Well, the census bureau has to hire people to go out and collect censuses that have not been returned. I guarantee that if you hang on to that census form, they will come and get it. Put your neighbors to work and let them come and get it from you. Even if it means it costs stimulus dollars.
Then, after the census worker has picked it up, record that in your genealogy.
Copyright 2010, ACK for Gene Notes
Friday, March 19, 2010
2010 Census Revisited
After filling out the 2010 census for our family, I begin to wonder if it would even be worth it for it to be filmed. Apparently, no one cares where we were born. I did my best to leave clues for my future (?) descendants and inserted my first name and maiden name into the census. It will leave them guessing about the move to Tennessee though! Actually, it seemed to me if you weren't of Spanish/Mexican descent, they didn't really care about you at all!
Copyright 2010, ACK for Gene Notes
Copyright 2010, ACK for Gene Notes
Friday, February 26, 2010
2010 Census -This Does Make Me Want to Cry
Yesterday, cousin Karen sent this link about the 2010 census. Apparently NO IMAGES are to be preserved from the 2010 Census. I'm astounded. What it means is that your future grandchildren, or great grandchildren won't have that resource to go through and find info about us in 2082. Someone suggested making sure you made copies of your census form. What good this will do, I'm not sure, unless someone collects and films them and makes them available in 72 years.
My DH, love him as I do, hates the fact that even 72 years later, that information is available about people who are possibly living. Anyone who sees the information his mother gave is going to be misled anyway, because she was so nervous she made DH born in 1946 and their marriage in 1949 instead of the other way around!
So, better get those family histories published or pass them on to someone who cares about the family history!
Copyright 2010, ACK for Gene Notes
My DH, love him as I do, hates the fact that even 72 years later, that information is available about people who are possibly living. Anyone who sees the information his mother gave is going to be misled anyway, because she was so nervous she made DH born in 1946 and their marriage in 1949 instead of the other way around!
So, better get those family histories published or pass them on to someone who cares about the family history!
Copyright 2010, ACK for Gene Notes
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