In a message dated 1/2/2002 9:02:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> There were 163 married couples, all of which were of childbearing
> age, but there were only 122 children.   Only about half the couples had any
> children at all.  It is possible some of them had been married less than a
> year, but this still seems to be a large number of childless couples.  Was
> this because the infant mortality was still very high?
>
> Netti Schreiner-Yantis
>

This is an excellent question and I will be very interested in seeing the
responses. I don't believe that I have ever seen anyone note the lack of
Virginia-born children during that time period.

Bill Russell

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