The last record I have for an ancestor is their enumeration in the 1830 census. Years ago I entered “died after 1830” as their date of death. The more I got to thinking about it, the more I realized that the ancestor died after the 1830 census enumeration was taken in the area where they were believed to have been living. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And they could have died in 1830–just after the enumeration was taken and before the year ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Probably the better approach for me to take is to indicate that the last record I have for that ancestor is their 1830 census enumeration. It’s possible that they were overlooked in 1840 or hidden in one of those unnamed tick marks in that enumeration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One needs to take care when entering any approximate date of an event in a genealogical database and the notes or sources for those approximate dates need to be twofold: the source and the reason. The reason may be obvious and simple to state or it may not. It all depends on the source and what it says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Exact dates need sources. Inexact dates need sources and reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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