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=='''United States Census Records'''== | =='''United States Census Records'''== | ||
Courtesy of Jill Shoemaker, Revised 24 February 2015, Riverton Family History Library | |||
===='''WHAT IS A U.S. FEDERAL CENSUS?'''==== | ===='''WHAT IS A U.S. FEDERAL CENSUS?'''==== | ||
*Created by the Constitution, the Federal Census is an '''''inventory of everyone living in the United States''''', taken for the purpose of determining representation in the House of Representatives. <br> | *Created by the Constitution, the Federal Census is an '''''inventory of everyone living in the United States''''', taken for the purpose of determining representation in the House of Representatives. <br> | ||