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 ===Farming and agricultural records===
+Most researchers do not think of using farming and agricultural records, but it is important to know that from 1840 to 1910 Agricultural Schedules were compiled in conjunction with the U.S. Census records. For more information on these records see [[United States Census Agricultural Schedules]].
+Agriculture Schedules can help where land and tax records are missing or incomplete. These records can be used
+*to distinguish between people with the same names
+*to document land holdings of ancestors with suitable follow-up in deeds, mortgages, tax rolls, and probate inventories
+*to verify and document black sharecroppers and white overseers who may not appear in other records
+*to identify free black men and their property holdings
+*to trace migration and economic growth
+See [http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=Non-Population_Schedules_and_Special_Censuses Non-Population Schedules and Special Censuses].
 ===Apprentices===