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Can't find your ancestor in the US federal census? Special censuses might be your answer. Check out this exercise from author Nancy Hendrickson.
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That old genealogical staple, census records, might seem ho-hum at first, but they're full of clues that are important to your research. I recently confirmed that my...
Can’t find someone in the census? Browsing schedules for the place he lived can help you pull his name off the pages. Here’s how to do it on the biggest genealogy...
US census records go beyond those familiar schedules listing your ancestors. Learn how to find and use the variety of special censuses, which recorded more details on...
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mine this Labor Day weekend. They include wills, censuses and other records that might be on your...
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Genealogy website Mocavo has made its indexes and record images for all US census records, 1790 to 1940, available free for everyone—no Gold membership needed. Use...
Try these genealogical resources for researching US ancestors before the first federal census in 1790.