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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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Father and Son on Same Tax List

The order of people in documents vary by document. For example, in the US Census (and most if not all state censuses), the order is generally: male head of household, wife of head of household, child …
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Cannot find an immigrant in the 1860/70 US Census

Start with a document you're sure of and work your way back. The birth record and ship manifest are both good places to start, but you need more. Gustav Adolf Neumann is a fairly common name. Dro …
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How can I distinguish between name changes and missing records?

You've done a really good job with the documents you have. Going through what you posted I came to the same conclusions. The most logical answer is that David and Jane only had one son. But all of …
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Finding records of professional athlete and trainer who married 1911 at Cardiff, Wales?

Brute force searching is sometimes the way to go. I found your wife's great grandmother's birth record on Familysearch. Esme Katherine Earley England and Wales Birth Registration Index Name Esme …
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