In a message dated 1/2/2002 9:02:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > 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 To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html