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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 can't I see 1861 / 1871 census entries on Freecen website when I can see them on Ancestr...
The FreeCen transcription project is ongoing. Their database coverage gives some idea of how complete the coverage is for each county in each census year.
In the case of Dorset, we see:
1861 - …
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Looking for John Ward, father of James Spencer Ward
What is James' age in the 1861 census? Does that age agree with ages given in later censuses? (it is not unusual to find a year-or-so difference in the ages reported to census takers) If so, that woul …
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What does un mean in the column for immigration year on the 1920 US census?
The "Instructions to Enumerators" for the 1920 census include the following instruction in the second paragraph, titled Definite answers:
Definite answers - Try to get a definite answer to each in …
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What does M mean in the 'Free or Slave' field in the 1850 US Federal Census Mortality Schedule?
It's probably an error.
The options for the 'Free or Slave' column were just 'Free' or Slave'. Often, the default was taken to be 'Free', so the values was only entered for slaves with an 'S' in tha …
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Doing neighborhood or street address research in England?
The first one-inch-to-the-mile series from the Ordnance survey only covered the county of Kent. They were published in 1801. A series for Essex followed shortly after.
From the 1840's onwards, maps a …
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Information on a ship called the "Bancroft"
I couldn't find a copy of the 1881 edition of the Lloyds Register of Shipping online (it's possible that your local reference library may have a copy). The nearest volume that I could find is the 1883 …
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Looking for Alexander Ormond on 1861 census?
You could try widening your search terms. For example, there's a 19 year old A Ormond in the High Church registration district in Lanarkshire:
Also, try extending your search to the rest of the UK. …
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