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Can anyone decipher the comment above Louis' name on this 1940 census record?

Census page is Bronx, New York, ED 3-803, sheet 14A, family 49, lines 36-40, for those wanting see beyond the excerpts. Checked the entry above (Schuss, Blanche) for decending letters (none). The not …
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Parsing census record (including in-laws) from New York City?

You've got several theories to test: Charles Graham is brother-in-law of Charles Cripps AND son of Anna AND full-brother of Catherine, or Charles Graham is brother-in-law of Charles Cripps AND son o …
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Explaining unknown person found in family listing in 1940 Federal Census of Iowa?

Here are the questions that I would investigate, that might help determine who this extra household member was: Have you looked at the census page image to verify it was indexed correctly? This is t …
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What month was the 1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia taken?

Unlike many Ancestry databases, there is only minimal explanation on the search page of the 1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia. However, it does say that the names were extracted from a …
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How to find address of building in New York State censuses (1870, St Lawrence, USA)?

The Bean household may have been living on Gates Street in Ogdensburg. Although the Bean family seem to be renters (per Jan Murphy's analysis), I checked adjacent census pages in case one of the near …
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What German provinces were recorded in the 1920 Census?

You quoted the instructions to enumerators (previously in your question; now in the self-answer). That gives you what SHOULD have been recorded. Before 1918, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) did not exis …
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Is there a way to search for 1935 inferred residence from the 1940 census?

Yes, you can search the 1940 census for residence in 1935. Searching only for those who were in different places in 1935 and 1940 is not directly possible (unless you know the 1940 location), although …
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Correcting mistakes in the 1940 US Federal Census?

Hopefully you've already searched the census for the missing individual outside of the expected household. She could have been recorded: on a later page of the same enumeration district (check for m …
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Public release date for 1926 Canadian Prairie Prov. Census, soon?

An online article from The Star (Toronto ON) confirmed my hazy memory of the release of the 1921 Canada census -- it was available very quickly because of partnership with ancestry.com: 1921 Canadian …
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Trying to find Kina Rd in Toronto

Looking at the 1921 Canada census image (only 45 names indexed at ancestry.com living in Toronto* with keyword Kina), the street name is "King W" not "Kina Rd". This is borne out by "Spadina Ave" on t …
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Finding non-resident schedules and absent household schedules for the US Federal Census?

When I read your question, I was very hopeful that perhaps an answer would also address my question "Transients and New Arrivals in the U.S. 1940 census". However, it seems that the Non-Resident sched …
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Where to find 1900 Swiss census for Bern?

I think you have asked for access to the Swiss census, expecting that you would see household information like the U.S. 1900 census. However, although the Swiss censuses were taken every 10 years and …
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Looking for Francois Paul Leon Mouchet in 1930 census in Los Angeles?

You left out the relevant information, so you may have already tried these techniques: Have you used a variety of search settings - name spellings and variations, date ranges, places? Have you used …
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Are Orphanages Included in the U.S. Census?

Orphanages were enumerated in the 1880 census. I tried "orphanage" as keyword at 1880 United States Federal Census and got 40 results, but none in Arkansas. Most results matched "orphanage" in the oc …
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Finding more details in 1851/1861 Scotland Census?

Not having an international ancestry subscription, I can't give urls, but I think your guy is indexed at ancestry as Robert Clachus in the 1861 Scotland census. Ancestry has the censuses you asked for …
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