I find this historical side trip very interesting as Shawn has corectly pointed out there was minimal interest in maintaining historical records for future generations to study. And thee was no real legal requirement to do so. Even if Colorado required the recording of births and deaths starting in 1900, what was the penalty for non compliance? Take back your birthday? People were ignoring the Colorado law up into the 50s I would suspect, maybe even later. With this kind of research you maintain all of the original documents and append present day research onto the story. You do not make new records. To do so is distorting history. Loran T. Hughes wrote: > Here's the juicy tidbits from the 1880 U.S. census: > > ------ > Philadelphia, PA > Jas. Jones, age 31, Occupation: Bartender > Annie Jones, age 20, Wife, Occupation: Keeps House > Ada Jones, age 7, Daughter, Occupation: At Home > Jas. H.O. Jones, age 6 mos., Son, Occupation: At Home > Marg't Maloney, age 45, Mother, Occupation: At Home > ----- > > According to songwritershalloffame.org, the family moved to Philly in > 1879 and Ada's mother died soon thereafter. Annie Maloney was James' > second wife (wow, he worked fast!). Margaret Maloney would be Annie's > mother. > > Loran > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > >