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{{Tip|Find your ancestor in every census taken while he/she was alive. This | {{Tip|Find your ancestor in every census taken while he/she was alive. This includes territorial and state-funded censuses.}} | ||
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*Relatives, such as grandchildren or married children, may live with them | *Relatives, such as grandchildren or married children, may live with them | ||
Revision as of 18:02, 25 November 2013
United States Census 
Washington Census Tips
Value of Censuses[edit | edit source]
Census records are extremely valuable in genealogical research. They:
- Reveal specifics about the family, such as names, ages, birthplaces. See Contents of Federal Censuses
- Locate the family in the very places where other records about them were likely created. (See Using the Census to find other records
- Provide clues that help you learn even more about them.
Helping you make the most of all these values is the purpose of this article.
Effective Census Tips[edit | edit source]
| Tip: Find your ancestor in every census taken while he/she was alive. This includes territorial and state-funded censuses. |
Why:
- Relatives, such as grandchildren or married children, may live with them
- They may live with a child, such as a married daughter, in their later years
- Neighbors may be relatives or old friends from their home state.
| Tip: Check marriages for women in every county where your ancestor was found in a census, then search the SAME census for the husbands. |
Why:
- You may find sisters living in the area.
- Your ancestor's widowed mother may have remarried. In those censuses, were the women the right age(s) to be sisters? Aunts? The mother?
- One of the husbands and your ancestor may have witnessed one anothers' deeds or other documents, perhaps suggesting they have become relatives.
Census Tips for What You Want to Learn[edit | edit source]
Names of Parents[edit | edit source]
Maiden Name of Mother[edit | edit source]
How do I know this is MY person?[edit | edit source]
Migration from another state[edit | edit source]
Marriage: When and Where[edit | edit source]
Immigration and Naturalization[edit | edit source]
Some federal censuses give the year of immigration.