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United States Census Analyzing Census Data (view source)
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'''''Find and photocopy every family member in every census.''''' Find '''every''' member of an ancestor's family in '''every''' available census during each of their lifetimes. Use federal, colonial, territorial, state, and local census. Use all census schedules: population, mortality, veterans, slave, etc. | '''''Find and photocopy every family member in every census.''''' Find '''every''' member of an ancestor's family in '''every''' available census during each of their lifetimes. Use federal, colonial, territorial, state, and local census. Use all census schedules: population, mortality, veterans, slave, etc. | ||
'''''Continue to hunt hard-to-find ancestors.''''' If some ancestors are difficult to find in a census, work even harder until you do. See Guessing a Name Variation for 20 ideas to help you locate hard-to-find ancestors. If you still cannot locate them in the census try a substitute jurisdiction, or substitute record types such as tax lists, plat maps, directories, or voting registers. It is better to assume they ARE in the census under some garbled name than to give up | '''''Continue to hunt hard-to-find ancestors.''''' If some ancestors are difficult to find in a census, work even harder until you do. See Guessing a Name Variation for 20 ideas to help you locate hard-to-find ancestors. If you still cannot locate them in the census try a substitute jurisdiction, or substitute record types such as tax lists, plat maps, directories, or voting registers. It is better to assume they ARE in the census under some garbled name than to give up. | ||
'''''Add census events to the family group record.''''' Use the "Add Custom Event" feature to add to the family group record the data from each census for each family member. | '''''Add census events to the family group record.''''' Use the "Add Custom Event" feature to add to the family group record the data from each census for each family member. | ||
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'''''Study the family in community context.'''''<sup>2</sup> Proximity implies a relationship. Research each individual in the same census household with a different surname. Look several census pages before and after an ancestor for people with similar given names, family names, occupations, or places of origin to see if they could be relatives. | '''''Study the family in community context.'''''<sup>2</sup> Proximity implies a relationship. Research each individual in the same census household with a different surname. Look several census pages before and after an ancestor for people with similar given names, family names, occupations, or places of origin to see if they could be relatives. | ||
'''''Compare with non-census sources.''''' Find as many non-census sources as you can for each family member. Begin a preliminary evaluation by briefly comparing censuses with other documents, especially land records, to identify neighbors and relatives. Study all sources to identify family associates and discover their relationship. | '''''Compare with non-census sources.''''' Find as many non-census sources as you can for each family member. Begin a preliminary evaluation by briefly comparing censuses with other documents, especially land records, to identify neighbors and relatives. Study all sources to identify family associates and discover their relationship. | ||
= '''Cite your sources''' = | = '''Cite your sources''' = | ||