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Census Resources

  •   Census Guides by year
    Include census dates, census questions, and research tips from Ancestry.com to help you get the most from these valuable census resources.
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  •   Census Abbreviations
    Guide to the meanings behind the citizenship and other abbreviations found on the US census

  •   Census Guide
    Guide to U. S. Federal Census. Includes census questions, census finding aids, and microfilm numbers.

  •   Soundex
    Explanation and Limitations of Soundex Indexing to the U. S. Census

  •   1930 Census Help
    Guide to finding your ancestor in the 1930 census

  •   Census Comparison Chart
    Compare online census databases at a glance by using this chart for type of index and completeness of databases.

  •   1890 Census Substitute
    by Ancestry.com. This first definitive online substitute for the census destroyed by fire. It includes fragments of the original 1890 census that survived, special veterans schedules, state censuses (1885 or 1895), city and county directories, alumni directories, voter registration documents, and other databases for the years surrounding 1890.

  •   U. S. Census Records
    Soundexes, Indexes and Finding Aids by RootsWeb.

  •   Census Records Basics
    Census records are among the most widely used materials with which genealogists work. They provide a Read More

  •   Census Sense
    It is always important to record what a document or record says exactly. It is just as important to remember what a document does not say.   Read More


  •   Finding & Using Census Records
    The U.S. federal census records can be daunting, indeed, to a researcher looking for his or her ancestors. You first need to know the state in which your ancestor lived at the time of the census, and then narrow it down to county. Read More

  •   Census Mailing Lists
    Request lookups or help others on the Rootsweb census mailing lists.





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