Accelerated Indexing Systems U.S. Census Indexes (on Microfiche): Difference between revisions

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*Only heads of households are listed. The person you are seeking may not have been listed in the census. Look for the head of house instead.  
*Only heads of households are listed. The person you are seeking may not have been listed in the census. Look for the head of house instead.  
*The indexer may have missed the person or read the name wrong. See the [[Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada|Spelling Substitution Tables]].  
*The indexer may have missed the person or read the name wrong. See the [[Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada|Spelling Substitution Tables]].  
*The person may not have been recorded in the census. Find other kinds of documents at that time and place.
*The person may not have been recorded in the census. Find other kinds of documents at that time and place.  
*The census take may have misspelled the name. See the [[Spelling_Substitution_Tables_for_the_United_States_and_Canada#Phonetic Substitutes Table|Phonetic Substitutes Table]]. 
*The census taker may have misspelled the name. See the [[Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada#Phonetic_Substitutes_Table|Phonetic Substitutes Table]].   
*The person may not have lived where or when you thought he did. Look for the person in a different locality.
*The person may not have lived where or when you thought he did. Look for the person in a different locality.  
*The name may have been spelled differently than what you looked for. See [[Guessing_a_Name_Variation|Guessing a Name Variation]]. 
*The name may have been spelled differently than what you looked for. See [[Guessing a Name Variation|Guessing a Name Variation]]. 


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