However what about those who were, for instance, 5 months old in 1851? How can I enter 5 months in your age field? An idea would be to enter 5/12 (5th month of 12 months) to help this compute!.

But otherwise an excellent tool! Thank you very much!

FYI, the census date for 1790-1820 was the first Monday in August, for 1830-1900 was June 1, for 1910, Apr 15, for 1920, Jan 1, and for 1930, Apr 1.

I always assume the enumerator followed directions, but of course realize that is not always true–just as the information given by individuals was not always true — people sometimes stated they were younger than they actually were!

Alternatively, you can bring up the calendar by clicking on the icon, then click on the label at the top to “zoom out”. The label will initially list a month. Clicking on it will cause the calendar to zoom out to show the entire year. Clicking again, you’ll see an entire decade.

Nice app, but I can’t figure out how to enter the census date directly. It only lets me enter using the calendar, and it would take way too long to click “back” for each month back 70 or more years. Am I missing something?

Randy

If that’s the case, then you’re right–it just adds the possibility for error on the enumerators part, as well as someone telling them how old they are on the day they were asked the question, as opposed to the official census day.