{"id":1391,"date":"2020-05-09T12:47:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T12:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/?p=1391"},"modified":"2023-02-18T16:48:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T16:48:12","slug":"2020-census-oh-dear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/?p=1391","title":{"rendered":"2020 Census – Oh, Dear!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Oops! I was doing website maintenance this AM and discovered the following never got published!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have no idea how that happened as it was originally supposed to be posted in March. I guess with all the stuff going down at that time I failed to hit the “publish” button. So sorry – here it is…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s Census Time and here\u2019s my take on the 2020 U.S. Census.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not impressed.  I got the mailer the second week in March when we were all busy trying to make plans for the unknown.  I put it in my to do pile for Spring Break.  One of my adult children, who lives 4 minutes from me in the same town never got the form.  My other adult child, who recently moved back to our home and has mail forwarded from the last address, never got it either.  Hmm, not good if you\u2019re trying to locate everyone.  Definitely not good when everyone is housebound but the census takers aren\u2019t out and about because it doesn\u2019t officially open until April 1, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next problem was I tried to complete the form online.  I was halfway done when the doorbell rang and the roofer came to try to find why my kitchen window was leaking (because the window installer insists the window isn\u2019t the problem).  When I came back it had timed out and I had to start all over.  Seriously, they couldn\u2019t have put a Save button on that.  (Happily, it wasn\u2019t my roof \u2013 found a pin hole in the soffit and all it took was caulk!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first question I had confusion over was number 5 – \u2026\u201dIf there is someone living here who pays the rent or owns this residence, start with listing him or her as Person 1\u201d  Well, duh, it\u2019s jointly owned and technically, it\u2019s a trust so our adult kids also own it but should I add them as one doesn\u2019t live with us?  I don\u2019t know.  I opted to just include my husband and me.  I figure a future genealogist will see the property tax record and figure it out.  Maybe I\u2019m just overthinking this because I am a genealogist.  It does bring out an important point about how our ancestors interpreted questions in the past.  We have no idea how they were thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I got stuck on \u201cWhat is the person\u2019s race?\u201d  So, I have to add my \u201corigin.\u201d  I am a proud Mutt and if I hadn\u2019t filled it out online the space provided would not have worked for me.  I am Croatian, French-German, Irish, English, Scottish and Scandinavian.  Technically, my origin is Africa but I have no idea how far they wanted me to go back.  Should I have put Neandertal, too?  It is in my DNA.  And then, to complete my adult kid who\u2019s living with us temporarily \u2013 had to add my Mutt hubby.  Yeah, this is really dumb.  All I kept thinking about was the Ancestry.com commercial with the guy in the lederhosen trading it in for a kilt.  A family member and co-workers thought it was a dumb question, too, so they put down Mixed American.  I kind of like that.  Future genealogists will be so confused with this response. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although this doesn\u2019t apply to me, under \u201cAmerican Indian\u201d (Seriously, you\u2019d think they would have put Native American as they did with Alaskan Native.) Mayan and Aztec are a choice.  What about Incan?  Clearly not every choice is provided but why did they select the ones they listed?  Inquiring minds want to know. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I completed it in the morning and in the afternoon, received a second mailing that said I hadn\u2019t completed the first one.  What a waste of money!  It\u2019s wasn\u2019t due until April 1st<\/sup> anyway so why send a second mailer to me when my adult kids never got the first one?!  Typical waste of money.
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