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B. Do NOT trust censuses fully. Limitations and how to overcome them. | B. Do NOT trust censuses fully. Limitations and how to overcome them. | ||
#Over counts: IF you find a person more than once, check EACH locality for more records. | :#Over counts: IF you find a person more than once, check EACH locality for more records. | ||
#Under counts: compare the tax lists, directories, plat maps, and consult other record types. | :#Under counts: compare the tax lists, directories, plat maps, and consult other record types. | ||
#Misspellings: be flexible, search for alternate spellings , see Printed Sources page 331. | :#Misspellings: be flexible, search for alternate spellings , see Printed Sources page 331. | ||
#Name changes: search all available records, search on given names or for neighbors. | :#Name changes: search all available records, search on given names or for neighbors. | ||
#Misunderstandings (hearing, language, or alphabet problems): see misspellings. | :#Misunderstandings (hearing, language, or alphabet problems): see misspellings. | ||
#False Information: compare a variety of sources to recognize misleading information. | :#False Information: compare a variety of sources to recognize misleading information. | ||
#Missing years and records (between Asnapshots@ or lost records): use all available sources. | :#Missing years and records (between Asnapshots@ or lost records): use all available sources. | ||
#Boundary confusion: Thorndale & Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920. | :#Boundary confusion: Thorndale & Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920. | ||
C. For 1790-1840 censuses with tally marks list which family members the tally marks most likely represent based on corresponding gender and age. | C. For 1790-1840 censuses with tally marks list which family members the tally marks most likely represent based on corresponding gender and age. | ||