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The (usually locally unique) identifier (or label) for a single location (e.g. house, institution, building, farm, estate) within a named place.

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Is city ward information provided in U.S. census records useful?

I often collect general information about a city for historical background about the area and the times. Discussions of elections and other political goings-on will often refer to how the city voted …
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Finding who lived at an address in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1957

My basic checklist: Who required the records to be created? How long does that agency hold them? Which records survive? When records are past their keep date, are they turned over to an archive? …
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How to find address of building in New York State censuses (1870, St Lawrence, USA)?

Since the 1870 Census did not record house numbers or street addresses, the address needs to be found by other means. From the instructions: Property. … In my research, I was able to determine for one family of interest that there was no point looking for the family in an earlier census at the address shown in the 1930 Census, because the house was built …
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Seeking info on 307 N. Palmetto Ave. Green Cove Springs Florida

However, to establish a baseline, these are some of the tests I use when investigating an address. … USPS ZIP Code lookup accessed 16 Sep 2022, searched for Zip Code by address: You entered: 307 1/2 NORTH PALMETTO SPRINGS GREEN COVE SPRINGS FL The results show that the address is still deliverable …
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Determining location/address of Robert John Steven Sellers in 1900 from Sands and Macdougall...

If the layout is similar to the City Directories I am familiar with from the New England region in the USA, your 'subheading' of Regent Street is an indication where Regent Street crosses Halifax Stre …
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Finding 1870 Federal Census image that corresponds to street address in Albany City, New Yor...

For descriptions of census subdivisions and enumeration districts, see the following resources: NARA's publication T1224, Roll 3 (see the downloadable PDF, Descriptions of Census Enumeration Distric …
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How to locate 1860 United States census pages by address?

As already stated, the types of information asked for in the Census changed over the years, and so did the arrangement of the Census itself. The 1880 Census introduced the numbering of the Enumeratio …
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