Census on line? I heard about this today and think it's a good idea.

[panader0]

No link yet, anybody know more?
eta: many people don't have internet access, so ......

[llmart]

1. Yes, I got my form a couple days ago...

Well, it's not really a form. It was a letter giving me the link and the individual code I input online. It takes about 5 minutes to complete online. They give you an end date to complete it. Mine was April 1st. If they don't receive it, then you'll get a letter and possibly a paper form to fill out.

I'm sure there are plenty of people who still don't know how to use a computer or have internet access.

[hauckeye]

2. You get a letter

that gives a website and a 16-digit census ID. When you go to the website, you enter the census ID and answer the questions. It was very easy, too about 5 minutes. If you don't respond online, in a few weeks they will send you a paper questionnaire. if you don't respond to that, they send someone to your residence to collect the answers.

[choie]

11. I believe you may be mistaken

you can complete the census online even without the census ID. You'll just need to enter some identifying information.

[Steelrolled]

3. We just got ours and are done. Makes a lot of sense.

[Totally Tunsie]

4. Got the original letter on Saturday

and today got another letter today reminding me about the first letter. Our tax $$$ at work.

[bikebloke]

5. Mine arrived Friday.

Did it yesterday.

[radical noodle]

6. I got the form last week

There is information about doing it online, but you can't do it without your code that should come in the mail from them. I was given the option of filling out the form or doing it online.

[Arkansas Granny]

7. I got mine last week. It had the option to mail in or go online. I completed mine online.

It took about 3 minutes. Printed the confirmation and was done.

[Rorey]

8. I'm going to wait to see what happens before I report myself as alive

[csziggy]

12. Generally the census wants the people in the household as of a specific date

I believe the traditional date is April 1 and they want the count of people who were in the household as of that day.

I've found ancestors who were counted twice when they were visiting a relative on the date a census taker came by but were reported at their regular residence on the date that was supposed to have been used. In 1945 for the Florida State Census my father was counted as living with his parents even though he was actually in the Pacific aboard a submarine and had not been home for a year or so.

I also found an ancestor who died the day after the census was enumerated - but he is counted on the census!

[Rebl2]

9. Haven't gotten

anything in the mail yet about census.

[MiniMe]

10. I got it on Saturday and already filled it out.

[Raine]

13. I haven't gotten anything regarding the census nt

[Beringia]

14. Seems like there could be problems because not everyone has online access

Couldn't this skew the true numbers.

What if someone doesn't report or a whole family doesn't report.

[milestogo]

15. Thats when they send someone to your door.

Which is the way they used to do the whole country.

[Beringia]

16. Thanks, didn't know that

[milestogo]

17. What's cool is that you can see the handwritten census forms online

if you join the Ancestry website. It gives you the details of everyone living in a given household and their gender and age. It also tells you if each person was a slave or free and how the people in the household are related to each other.

[Beringia]

18. Cool

May look up my grandfather at some point