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From: "Bobbie Hall" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] 5.07 Age Variable
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 12:37:20 -0500
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Linda,

You should be able to find a month at least for the enumeration of each
census which would help calculate the age. I expect there is a chart out
there somewhere for all of them, but if you go to Ancestry's page:
http://www.familyhistory.com/index.asp#CENSUS and then click on each year
from that page it will give you the start dates of enumerations for each of
them. Would that help?

Personally, I include the age of enumeration in the memo field of the tag
instead, since many of them are different than the actual (or expected) age,
and this way I know that the data from the census is what is shown in the
tag.

Just my 2 cents.

Bobbie Hall
Chicago

----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:18 PM
Subject: RE: [TMG] 5.07 Age Variable


> Thanks so much, Terry. I don't like your answer <VBG>, but at least I
> understand it. I was trying to use the age variable for the pre-1850
census
> sentences so, of course, all I have is the year of enumeration. I was
> hoping to output the person's actual age to compare with their enum. age.
> When I change the sentences to AE, the "at an unknown age" is suppressed,
> but I still don't get an age. From this, I gather the age variable only
> works when both dates are precise. Bummer!!!
>
> Linda
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Terry Reigel [mailto:]
>
> On Tue, 1 Jul 2003 10:27:47 -0500, wrote:
> >Could one or some of you check to see if you can get
> >output from an age variable? I don't seem to be able to
> >generate anything other than "at an unknown age" for
> >anyone, including people whose precise birth dates are
> >known and where the birth dates are verified as primary.
>
> Does the tag with the age variable in the sentence structure have a
> full, that is day month year, date? If not [A] will give the result
> you describe. Try [AE] instead.
>
> Terry Reigel
>
>
>
>
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