A census is the regular acquisition by national or local governments of information about individuals and populations. Census records are valuable sources of information for family historians and genealogists, as the data collected may give indications about birth-dates and -places and relationships ...
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Is city ward information provided in U.S. census records useful?
Many, if not most, of the 20th century U.S. census records include fairly precise address information for those living in cities and towns. Even many 1880 census records include at least street-level ...
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What does the occupation “Works in Woods” mean?
In an 1880 US Census entry, the occupation of Daniel Card is listed as "Works in Woods." What does that mean?
Where I grew up, the word "woods" was a synonym for forest so I immediately thought ...
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How do I find LDS digital file 4548813?
I called the Family History Library in Salt Lake City to ask about an index for the film #1042404 - 1851 Scotland, Ayrshire, Kilmarnock - Census, and they told me that they have the film, but that it ...
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1910 Census - and the last three columns
The last three columns in the 1910 US Census (columns 30, 31 and 32) have four numbers in them. Column 30 is supposedly about survivors of the Union or Confederate army, 31 is if you’re blind and 32 ...
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Could 'Annie' be a Pseudonym for Augusta
There is a branch of my paternal grandmother's family that I am currently trying to document. I have a copy of her grandfather's (my great grandfather) birth certificate.
I apologise for that ...
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Interpreting UK Census
On a UK census the 1st column is the Schedule Number. The 2nd column contains the street name or name of house but rarely the house number. Where there are several families living on a street is there ...
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Brick Wall: What happened to John White & his Brother or Sister?
All information below was obtained through ancestry.co.uk
My Great Grandfather, Thomas White was one of 6 children born to Baldwin White, b1862 in Salcombe, Devon & Rachel Arminia Fox, b1864 in ...
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How can I determine parentage of Thomas McCubbin (McCubbins) who died ca1875 in Missouri?
Thomas McCubbn (wife Emily) was my gg grandfather.
Thomas died late 1875 or early 1876 in Warrensburg MIssouri (his son said Thomas died an early age).
It is believed this Thomas McCubbn is the son ...
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Applying a corrected relationship to a census on Ancestry
Ancestry.com provide a way of applying per-user corrections to census records. However, this only supports changes to a personal name, place of birth, or date of birth. I would like to report a ...
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German jewish census records from the 19th century
I have been told that some censuses of the Jewish population of German towns were conducted in the first half of the 19th century. I am wondering if there is any systematic record of these censuses ...
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1935 residence in the 1940 census
The 1940 census includes fields for the person's residence in 1935. The fields are city, county, and state. When it says "same place" for the residence in 1935, does that refer to the town or to the ...
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Locating the parents and siblings of someone born in 1903?
My grandfather was possibly born in Dewey, Oklahoma. I'm trying to locate his siblings and parents.
I've Googled and found the following:
Tunin, Robert T. 1903 – 1989 (Grandfather)
Tunin, Abbie ...
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Can anyone decipher the comment above Louis' name on this 1940 census record?
Finally posting my first question, after answering many ;-)
The following 1940 census record from Bronx, New York has a comment written above Louis' name. It seems to start with "Party has" or ...
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How to lookup a UK census reference
I have the parameters of a UK census page in a citation and I would like to go directly to it in Ancestry. However, I cannot find the feature any more.
For instance, series=RG13 (i.e. 1901), ...
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What is a plausible explanation for this inconsistency?
In the 1910 census, I have a family headed by Elias Riback (b. 1876), with wife Sophia (b. 1873) and children Annie (b. 1898), Harry (b. 1902), Bessie (b. 1904), David (b. 1906), and Bernard (b. ...
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Missing enumeration of Union St. in Flushing, Queens, NY in 1940 census?
I am looking for the resident of 42-42 Union St, Flushing, Queens, NY in 1940. I tried searching the 1940 census ancestry.com, restricting the search to Flushing with the street name as union (exact). ...
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Census or Residence
When I started recording my tree I recorded the fact that an ancestor was present in census as such. This produced, as expected, a census (CENS) record in my Gedcom.
After working with my tree on ...
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What's the difference between a “roomer” and a “boarder” in a 1930 census?
I encountered the following situation in a 1930 census of a household of a family I am researching: In addition to mother (head) and daughter, there is a roomer, and three girls with the same last ...
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What does column 20 of the 1900 US census mean?
I'm looking at a scan of the 1900 United States census right now. Column 19 says "Occupation". The particular individual I'm looking at has the word "stonemason" written in that box. The next column ...
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Can I get an alternate (hopefully clearer) scan of a US Census page?
Related to this question, I have found a page in the 1940 US Census of which I would like a clearer image. Would it be easy or straightforward to obtain one from another source? (The source if my ...
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How can I find out the name of this street?
The image below comes from a page from the 1940 US Census:
(Full size image here.)
The page header from the Census is a poor scan. While I can make out the location as Washington DC, I'm unsure as ...
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How can a name be corrected in the 1940 census?
A next door neighbor in the 1940 census is listed with a wrong surname. Is it possible to have that corrected?
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Are there online searchable Census Records for Australian states other than NSW?
At Ancestry.com there are searchable Census Records for New South Wales (NSW) but no other states - are these available elsewhere?
I am particularly interested in any from South Australia (but other ...
