[Puppage]

My mother does geneology and she says these questions are normal.

Normal for whom?

[kacres]

They go back as far as 1910, I suppose coming from a geneologist it is so when our records become available for our future gr gr grandchildren or however far down the line it goes. Who knows many years down the road you may have a family member interested in searching his/her roots. Anyway it was not the form I heard so much about, it was very simple, and I did not answer the what is your phone # quetion. I figure I gave them what is required, now they can leave me alone.

[smokingfrog]

If you look at old census forms, you’ll see what kind of information they asked for in the past. Occupation, Father and mother’s country of origin, etc. But they seem to be getting more intrusive all the time, especially with their “long form.”