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For questions about records produced by governments through enumeration and collection of information about a population. Use this tag in conjunction with the relevant country and date tag.
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Why might ancestors be missing from 1926 Canadian census?
The family name HEBER might have been written down and/or transcribed as WEBER, HEBERT, HERBERT, or other variations.
As lkessler's answer shows, the search at BAC-LAC allows you to specify not only t …
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What is the house number on this 1891 Census record?
The UK and Ireland censuses are available from multiple places: Ancestry, FindMyPast, and MyHeritage to name a few. FamilySearch has transcripts, but it links to FindMyPast for the images.
I can acces …
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Browsing 1950 Census
My solution is somewhat clunky, but it works.
When I find a page with someone of interest, and I want to view nearby pages, I take note of the State, County, and Enumeration District. Then I repeat my …
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Source record URL, linking to a line in a 1950 Census Population Schedule P1?
While there doesn't seem to be a way to link to a specific line on a page of the 1950 U.S. Census, it is not too hard to get a permanent link to the census page.
You should be careful about using URLs …
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Missing Enumeration District/Families in the 1920 U.S. Census
In addition to the information and sources given in Jan Murphy's excellent answer, you might also consider alternative or replacement information sources instead of the census.
For the generic case of …
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