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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 | *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 [[ | *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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