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A census is a count and description of the population of an area. When available, census records can provide names, ages, occupations, marital statuses, birthplaces, and family members' relationships. Censuses can also provide clues that lead to other records. A census may list only selected people for a special reason (such as males between the ages of 16 and 45 for military purposes) or the whole population. The percentage of people listed depends on the purpose of the census and on how careful the enumerator was. | A census is a count and description of the population of an area. When available, census records can provide names, ages, occupations, marital statuses, birthplaces, and family members' relationships. Censuses can also provide clues that lead to other records. A census may list only selected people for a special reason (such as males between the ages of 16 and 45 for military purposes) or the whole population. The percentage of people listed depends on the purpose of the census and on how careful the enumerator was. | ||
[[Image:Royal Avenue Belfast.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Royal Avenue Belfast | [[Image:Royal Avenue Belfast.jpg|thumb|right|300px|<center>Royal Avenue Belfast, Ireland</cneter>]] | ||
== Purposes for Taking a Census == | == Purposes for Taking a Census == | ||
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Below are the links to find the Family History Library call numbers for local placename indexes. If a county is not in the table, then there are no local indexes for that county in the library's collection when this wiki entry was made. (You may want to check the library catalog to see if additional indexes have been added to the library's collection by doing a place search for a specific county.) | Below are the links to find the Family History Library call numbers for local placename indexes. If a county is not in the table, then there are no local indexes for that county in the library's collection when this wiki entry was made. (You may want to check the library catalog to see if additional indexes have been added to the library's collection by doing a place search for a specific county.) | ||
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| [[Antrim Census Surname Indexes|County Antrim Indexes]] | | [[Antrim Census Surname Indexes|County Antrim Indexes]] | ||