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''[[United States|United States ]] >  [[United States Census|U.S. Census ]] >  [[Washington|Washington]]  >  [[Washington Census|Census]]''  


=== Existing and lost censuses  ===
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For a list of available and missing Washington censuses, [[Washington Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>
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== Availability  ==
*If at first you don't find a name, try again under [[Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada|another spelling]].
 
*[[Copying Sources|Photocopy]] each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.  
'''1850:&nbsp; '''Oregon Territory census.
*Look for an ancestor in '''''every''''' census during her or his lifetime.
 
*On the [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|family group record]] show&nbsp;each person's census listings.  
'''1860 United States Census'''''—A free Internet index and images to the 1860 United States Census can be viewed on the [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1473181 FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site.] This index includes every name listed on the census and is linked to an image including information about each person’s residence and age in 1860, birthplace, occupation, other family members, whether married or single, and neighbors''  
*Study&nbsp;others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in [[Research a Family in Community Context|community context]].
 
'''1870-1880:&nbsp;'''  
 
'''1870 United States Territorial Census---'''A free internet index and images can be viewed on [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1438024 FamilySearch Record Pilot site]. This index includes the full name, age, sex, race, birthplace, occupation, month if born in census year, month if married in census year, birth place of father and mother, if born in a foreign country.  


'''1890:&nbsp; '''Census destroyed.
<br>


'''1900 Federal Census''' - A free Internet index and images to the 1900 United States Census can be viewed on the&nbsp; [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1236863911171_679" />]. Important additions to this census are month and year of birth of each household member, number of years married for each married person, number of children born to each mother and the number of those still living, year of immigration, and number of years in the United States.  
*For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[Washington Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].


'''1900-1930:&nbsp; '''Washington State.
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== Historical Background ==
=== Online Washington indexes and images ===


'''1848:&nbsp; '''The Oregon Territory was created.&nbsp; It included what is now Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and parts of Montana and Wyoming.
{{Census Online Washington}}


'''1853:&nbsp; '''Washington Territory was created from the northern part of Oregon Territory.
=== Federal population schedules  ===


'''1859: &nbsp;'''Oregon became a state. Washington Territory was enlarged to include the remaining Oregon territory not included in the new state.
==== Microfilm images  ====


'''1863:&nbsp; '''The Idaho Territory was created from lands in eastern Washington Territory.
*


'''1889: '''Washington became a state.
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====


== Indexes ==
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Washington, [[Washington Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]


==== Book Indexes ====
=== Federal non-population schedules ===


1860, 1870, 1880:&nbsp; Indexes in book and microfiche format are available.
==== Online indexes and images  ====


'''Soundex&nbsp;'''  
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Washington'''</font>
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| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Free'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free at Some Libraries '''(usually&nbsp;with&nbsp;library&nbsp;card)
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Pay'''
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| width="4%" bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Year'''
| width="40%" bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Type'''
| width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Record Search'''
| width="10%" bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Heritage Quest'''
| width="10%" bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry FHL'''
| width="10%" bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Library'''
| width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Ancestry Home'''
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| '''1890'''
| width="20%" | Veterans
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
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| '''1880'''
| width="20%" | Defective
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1634 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1634 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1634 Link]
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| '''1880'''
| width="20%" | Mortality
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
|-
| '''1870'''
| Mortality
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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| '''1860'''
| Mortality
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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| '''1850'''
| Mortality (as part of Oregon Territory)
| align="center" | [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1420441 Link]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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'''1880, 1900, 1920, 1930:&nbsp; '''A soundex (phonetic) index is available on microfilm for part of the 1880 and all of the 1900, 1920 and 1930 censuses.
==== Microfilm images  ====


'''1910:&nbsp; '''The Family History Library has a street index for Seattle. (Family History Library fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=232848&disp=Cross+index+to+selected+city+streets+and++ 6331481]) <br>
The mortality schedules for 1860 to 1880 are available at the [[Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library|DAR Library]] in Washington D.C. and at the Washington State Library.  


== Special Censuses  ==
*


==== Mortality Schedules ====
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book ====


'''1850-1880:&nbsp; '''Mortality schedules exist for Washington (as part of Oregon Territory), censuses. The mortality schedules for 1860 to 1880 are available at the DAR library in Washington D.C. and at the Washington State Library. The Family History Library has copies of the 1860, 1870, and 1880 mortality schedules.  
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Washington, [[Washington Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].  


[http://mortalityschedules.com/ Mortality Schedules 1850-1880]
=== State, territorial, and colonial censuses  ===


The 1860, 1870, and 1880 Mortality schedules for Washington are on the [http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/RecordSeriesInfo.aspx?rsid=4 Washington State Digital Archives] site. Searchable by name.  
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| bgcolor="#99cc99" align="center" colspan="90" | '''Washington state, territorial, and colonial censuses'''<ref name="Lainh">Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 109-12.</ref><ref name="Dubes">Henry J. Dubester, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37244714 State Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken After the Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States]'' (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948)[[{{Dubes}}]], 62.</ref>
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| align="left" | No statewide state census was taken, but many county censuses were taken at different years from 1856 to 1898.
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1898'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;County of Garfield
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| align="left" | '''1892'''
| align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Douglas, Garfield,&nbsp;King, Klickitat, Mason, Pierce, Stevens, Thurston, and Walla Walla&nbsp;
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1891'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;County of Jefferson&nbsp;
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| align="left" | '''1889'''
| align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Adams, Asotin, Clallam, Columbia, Garfield, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas,&nbsp;Klickitat, Lincoln, Mason, Pierce, San Juan, Snohomish, Thurston, Whatcom, and Whitman
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1887'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Adams, Asotin, Clallam, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Douglas, Franklin, Garfield, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, Whatcom, Whitman, and Yakima
|-
| align="left" | '''1885'''
| align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Adams, Asotin, Chehalis, Clallam, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Douglas, Franklin, Garfield, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, Whatcom, Whitman, and Yakima
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1883'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Clallam, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Garfield, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston, Whitman, and Yakima
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| align="left" | '''1881'''
| align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Jefferson, King, and Thurston
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1880'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Jefferson, King, and Thurston
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| align="left" | '''1879'''
| align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Jefferson, King, Mason, Pierce, and Thurston
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1878'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Jefferson,&nbsp;Mason, Pierce, Stevens, and Thurston
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| align="left" | '''1877'''
| align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Jefferson and Thurston
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1875'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;County of Thurston
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| align="left" | '''1874'''
| align="left" | &nbsp;County of Jefferson
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1873'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;County of Thurston
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| align="left" | '''1871'''
| align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Chehalis, Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, Skamania, Stevens, Thurston, Whatcom, and Yakima
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1860'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Chehalis, Clallam, Clark, Island, Jefferson, Kitsap,&nbsp;Lewis,&nbsp;Skamania,&nbsp;and Whatcom
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| align="left" | '''1858'''&nbsp;
| align="left" | &nbsp;County of Chehalis
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1857'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Clallam, Clark, Island, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, and Wahkiakum
|-
| align="left" | '''1856'''
| align="left" | &nbsp;County of King
|}


== State Censuses  ==
These partial censuses are available at the Washington State Library and the Family History Library (beginning with Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=543867&disp=Washington+Territorial+census+rolls%2C+1%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1841781]).&nbsp; The years included:  
 
State censuses also exist for a few counties of Washington for various years. These generally include heads of households only. These partial censuses are available at the Washington State Library and the Family History Library (beginning with Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=543867&disp=Washington+Territorial+census+rolls%2C+1%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1841781]).&nbsp; The years included:  


:'''1854, 1857, 1861, 1871, 1875, 1877-1879, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1890-1892, 1907.'''
:'''1854, 1857, 1861, 1871, 1875, 1877-1879, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1890-1892, 1907.'''


== Territorial Censuses ==
=== Existing and lost censuses ===
 
'''1850:&nbsp; '''Part of Oregon Territory
 
'''1860-1880:&nbsp; '''Washington Territory
 
== Web Sites  ==


Ancestry:&nbsp; [http://www.ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com]
For a list of available and missing Washington censuses, [[Washington Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>


Heritage Quest Online:&nbsp; [http://www.heritagequestonline.com http://www.heritagequestonline.com]
=== Why use a census?  ===


Census Online:&nbsp; [http://www.census-online.com/links/WA/ http://www.census-online.com/links/WA/]
A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.  


Genealogy Today:&nbsp; [http://dir.genealogytoday.com/usa/wa/census.html http://dir.genealogytoday.com/usa/wa/census.html]
=== More about censuses  ===


Access Genealogy:&nbsp; [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/census/washington.htm http://www.accessgenealogy.com/census/washington.htm]
[[United States Census|Click here]] for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:  


Mortality Schedules:&nbsp; [http://mortalityschedules.com/ http://mortalityschedules.com/]  
:*[[United States Census Searching|index searching tips]]
:*[[United States Census Analyzing Census Data|analyzing and using what you find]]
:*[[United States Census Accuracy|census accuracy]]
:*[[United States Census Historical Background|historical background]]
:*[[United States Census#Contents_of_Federal_Censuses|contents of various census years and types]]


Record Search:&nbsp;[http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html# http://labs.familysearch.org]
=== Sources and footnotes  ===


== References  ==
{{reflist}}


''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Washington.ASP Washington Research Outline].'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.
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Tips
  • If at first you don't find a name, try again under another spelling.
  • Photocopy each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
  • Look for an ancestor in every census during her or his lifetime.
  • On the family group record show each person's census listings.
  • Study others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in community context.


  • For a list of the exact date of each federal census, click here.

Online Washington indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Template:Census Online Washington

Federal population schedules[edit | edit source]

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Washington, click here

Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]

Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Washington

Free Free at Some Libraries (usually with library card) Pay
Year Type Record Search Heritage Quest Ancestry FHL Ancestry Library Ancestry Home
1890 Veterans - - Link Link Link
1880 Defective - - Link Link Link
1880 Mortality - - Link Link Link
1870 Mortality - - Link Link Link
1860 Mortality - - Link Link Link
1850 Mortality (as part of Oregon Territory) Link - Link Link Link

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

The mortality schedules for 1860 to 1880 are available at the DAR Library in Washington D.C. and at the Washington State Library.

Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Washington, click here.

State, territorial, and colonial censuses[edit | edit source]

Washington state, territorial, and colonial censuses[1][2]
No statewide state census was taken, but many county censuses were taken at different years from 1856 to 1898.
1898  County of Garfield
1892  Counties of Douglas, Garfield, King, Klickitat, Mason, Pierce, Stevens, Thurston, and Walla Walla 
1891  County of Jefferson 
1889  Counties of Adams, Asotin, Clallam, Columbia, Garfield, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Mason, Pierce, San Juan, Snohomish, Thurston, Whatcom, and Whitman
1887  Counties of Adams, Asotin, Clallam, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Douglas, Franklin, Garfield, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, Whatcom, Whitman, and Yakima
1885  Counties of Adams, Asotin, Chehalis, Clallam, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Douglas, Franklin, Garfield, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, Whatcom, Whitman, and Yakima
1883  Counties of Clallam, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Garfield, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston, Whitman, and Yakima
1881  Counties of Jefferson, King, and Thurston
1880  Counties of Jefferson, King, and Thurston
1879  Counties of Jefferson, King, Mason, Pierce, and Thurston
1878  Counties of Jefferson, Mason, Pierce, Stevens, and Thurston
1877  Counties of Jefferson and Thurston
1875  County of Thurston
1874  County of Jefferson
1873  County of Thurston
1871  Counties of Chehalis, Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, Skamania, Stevens, Thurston, Whatcom, and Yakima
1860  Counties of Chehalis, Clallam, Clark, Island, Jefferson, Kitsap, Lewis, Skamania, and Whatcom
1858   County of Chehalis
1857  Counties of Clallam, Clark, Island, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, and Wahkiakum
1856  County of King

These partial censuses are available at the Washington State Library and the Family History Library (beginning with Family History Library film 1841781).  The years included:

1854, 1857, 1861, 1871, 1875, 1877-1879, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1890-1892, 1907.

Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]

For a list of available and missing Washington censuses, click here.

Why use a census?[edit | edit source]

A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.

More about censuses[edit | edit source]

Click here for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:

Sources and footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[FS Catalog book 973 X2Lai ]], 109-12.
  2. ↑ Henry J. Dubester, State Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken After the Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948)[[Template:Dubes]], 62.
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