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Rhode Island 1905 State Census: Difference between revisions
Rhode Island 1905 State Census (view source)
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The state census was taken in order to enumerate the population for representation purposes. | The state census was taken in order to enumerate the population for representation purposes. | ||
=== Record Reliability | === '''Record Reliability ''' === | ||
Censuses are usually reliable, depending on the knowledge of the informant and the care of the census enumerator. Information may have been given to a census taker by any member of the family or by a neighbor. Some information may have been incorrect or be inadvertently false. | Censuses are usually reliable, depending on the knowledge of the informant and the care of the census enumerator. Information may have been given to a census taker by any member of the family or by a neighbor. Some information may have been incorrect or be inadvertently false. | ||
== '''Record Description ''' == | == '''Record Description ''' == | ||