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 == What Can These Records Tell Me? ==
 The following information may be found in these records:
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-'''Census'''
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-*Head of household
+'''City directory'''
-*Full name of each person in the household
+*Householder’s surname and given name
-*Where each person was born
+*Householder’s street and number
-*Age of each person
+*Householder’s occupation
-*Occupation
+*In later records, the maiden name of householder’s wife
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+'''Genealogical'''
+*Husband’s name and vital information (birth, marriage, and death)
+*Wife’s maiden name and vital information (birth and death)
+*Children’s names with vital information, sometimes including “see also” references to other pages in the genealogies
+*Sometimes data for several generations of people
+{{col-end}}
 == Collection Content ==