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==== Finding Street addresses  ====
==== Finding Street addresses  ====


Street Indexes. If you know the address where your ancestor may have lived, a street index can help you quickly find your ancestor in the census. Street indexes are available for major cities in England for each census year. With the advent of the online indexes and images the street indexes have become less relevant. Street indexes are available at the Family History Library in both book and microform. You can determine if a street index is available by looking in:  
 Street indexes are available for many cities in England for each census year. With the advent of the online indexes and images the street indexes have become less relevant; however, it is another option available to you. Addresses can be found in a varity of sources; old letters, directories, civil registration certificates, etc. Some websites now allow you to search by address.  Street indexes are available at the Family History Library in both book and microform. You can determine if a street index is available by looking in:  


Register of Towns Indexed by Streets. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Family History Library, 1999. (FHL book 942 X22r; fiche 6026692, on two fiche.) <br>  
*Register of Towns Indexed by Streets. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Family History Library, 1999. (FHL book 942 X22r; fiche 6026692, on two fiche.) <br>
 
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The following sources may help you find an address:
 
*Old letters
*City, occupational, postal, or commercial directories
*Certificates of births, marriages, and deaths
*Church records of christenings, marriages, and burials
*Probate records
*Newspaper notices
*Court records
*Tax records
*Rate books
*Voting registers or poll books


== Census Records at the Family History Library  ==
== Census Records at the Family History Library  ==
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