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, 25 June 2023Text replacement - "A census is a count and description of the population of a country, state, county, or city for a given date. A census took a "snapshot" of a family on a certain day. For each person living in a household (depending on the year), their name, age, birthplace, relationship to head of household, place of birth for father and mother, citizenship status, year of immigration, mother of how many children and number of children living, native language, and whether they were a veter...
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m (Text replacement - "A census is a count and description of the population of a country, state, county, or city for a given date. A census took a "snapshot" of a family on a certain day. For each person living in a household (depending on the year), their name, age, birthplace, relationship to head of household, place of birth for father and mother, citizenship status, year of immigration, mother of how many children and number of children living, native language, and whether they were a veter...) |
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=='''Step 2. Find ancestors in every possible census record, 1850-1950, online.'''== | =='''Step 2. Find ancestors in every possible census record, 1850-1950, online.'''== | ||
A census is a count and description of the population | *A census is a count and description of the population for a given date. A census took a '''"snapshot" of a family on a certain day.''' | ||
*For each person living in a household (depending on the year), their '''name, age, birthplace, relationship to head of household, place of birth for father and mother, citizenship status, year of immigration, mother of how many children and number of children living, native language, and whether they were a veteran of the military''' can be listed. | |||
*Searching for a family in census records every ten years can '''identify all the children in a family'''. | |||
*Searching in earlier census records to find someone as a child can '''identify parents'''. | |||
==== '''Using the clues to lead to census record searches.''' ==== | ==== '''Using the clues to lead to census record searches.''' ==== | ||
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