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 == Tips on how to search the Family History Library Catalog<br>  ==
-To find the microfilm numbers look in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog, under: ENGLAND, [COUNTY], [PARISH] - CENSUS
+To find microfilm numbers listed in the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog], for the census of a town of interest to you, do a Place Search for the town name then click on the link for the topic of Census.&nbsp; If Census is not listed among the topics for that town, it is probably not a parish or city.&nbsp; You should look in a [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Gazetteers.html gazetteer] to determine the parish where your town is located.&nbsp;<br>
-Follow these steps to find film numbers to census records in the Family History Library Catalog.
-Go to www.familysearch.org.<br>Put your cursor on the Library tab.<br>Select Library Catalog from the drop-down list.<br>Click on Place Search.<br>Type the name of a parish or town, and click Search.<br>Click on the link for the locality that you want.<br>Scroll down the list of topics, and click on Census.<br>Select the correct record from the list of titles that may be displayed.<br>Click View Film Notes to see the film numbers for each census year. <br>
-To find census surname indexes look in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:
-ENGLAND, [COUNTY] - CENSUS - [YEAR] - INDEXES
-ENGLAND, [COUNTY], [PARISH or TOWN] -CENSUS - [YEAR] - INDEXES <br>
-To look for a street index in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:
-ENGLAND - CENSUS - [YEAR] - INDEXES
-ENGLAND, [COUNTY], [CITY, PARISH, or DISTRICT] - CENSUS - [YEAR] - INDEXES <br>
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