Ancestry Canada Census Databases

Census Guides by year
Include census dates, census questions, and research tips to help you get the most from these valuable census resources.
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Census Records Basics
Census records are among the most widely used materials with which genealogists work. They provide a good benchmark as to where our ancestors were (or were not) located at a particular point in time. These records can also be among the most frustrating to use for a variety of reasons. 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. Facts may be implied by the record or inferred by the reader (sometimes incorrectly). 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 Canada in which your ancestor lived at the time of the census, and then narrow it down to county. You are fortunate if you live near a library, an archive, or an LDS family history center which has census microfilm and which has census finding aids such as the indexes or Soundex/Miracode microfiche. These aids can help you zero in on precisely the right county and page on which your ancestor's name appears. Read More

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

U. S. Census Records
Soundexes, Indexes and Finding Aids

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

Ancestor Search Site Features

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

Census Abbreviations
Guide to the meanings behind the citizenship and other abbreviations found on the US census

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

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