OK.....maybe I have it reversed. What did the Census Bureau require at the time “whites” or “caucasion”?
“What did the Census Bureau require at the time “whites” or “caucasion”?”
It really does not matter. The birth certificates are what we are talking about here and whites were and still are listed as Caucasian.
“White” has NEVER been a race classification. Caucasian is the classification.
I take back part of my post from above.
It looks like the Census Bureau has changed classifications to include “white” in at least the 1990s and later.
But my original point stands. The Nordyke twins birth certificates use caucasian not white.