tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4518232392780308567.post3275608714390479807..comments2024-02-06T07:18:51.137+00:00Comments on The Family Recorder: A Census April Fools' Day joke?Audrey Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17109060807297085410noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4518232392780308567.post-70345191468077040192011-04-04T02:08:53.111+01:002011-04-04T02:08:53.111+01:00Ponce, lol!Ponce, lol!Polly F. Kimmitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13401885413321517787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4518232392780308567.post-15038823251704456102011-04-02T14:21:06.464+01:002011-04-02T14:21:06.464+01:00I agree with you about the handwriting. It does lo...I agree with you about the handwriting. It does look mid-late 20th Century to me and quite possibly in ballpoint pen. Is it possible it was done when the page was microfilmed? I suppose that is a fairly tedious job so perhaps someone was trying to add a bit of interest to their day!<br /><br />KirstyKirsty F Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05558508787388848119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4518232392780308567.post-4166267622299072442011-04-01T23:04:47.848+01:002011-04-01T23:04:47.848+01:00Thomas, it wouldn't surprise me if that happen...Thomas, it wouldn't surprise me if that happened here too, given the way that enumerators were paid. In this case, though, there is too much about it that shrieks 'anachronism'. From the look of the handwriting it might even be in ballpoint pen, but I'd need to see the original document for that.Audrey Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17109060807297085410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4518232392780308567.post-27945816463906320452011-04-01T22:55:39.410+01:002011-04-01T22:55:39.410+01:00This may not be a modern fake - I believe there ha...This may not be a modern fake - I believe there have been instances in the US census where enumerators "made up" pages at the end of some of their districts.Thomas MacEnteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925130637060406529noreply@blogger.com