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=== Census Tips === | === Census Tips === | ||
[[Image:Boy with binochulars-page-001.jpg|left|80px|]] Find your ancestor in every census taken while he/she was alive. | [[Image:Boy with binochulars-page-001.jpg|left|80px|]] Find your ancestor in every census taken while he/she was alive. | ||
::'''Why:''' | :::'''Why:''' | ||
::::*Relatives, such as grandchildren or married children, may live with them. | ::::*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. | ::::*They may live with a child, such as a married daughter, in their later years. | ||
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[[Image:Wedding Bands - Marriage.png |left|50px|]]Check marriages for women in the county where your ancestor was found in a census. Then find those women and their husbands the SAME census. | [[Image:Wedding Bands - Marriage.png |left|50px|]]Check marriages for women in the county where your ancestor was found in a census. Then find those women and their husbands the SAME census. | ||
::'''Why:''' | :::'''Why:''' | ||
::::*You may find sisters living in the area. | ::::*You may find sisters living in the area. | ||
::::*Your ancestor's widowed mother may have remarried. Were the women old enough to be sisters? Aunts? The mother? | ::::*Your ancestor's widowed mother may have remarried. Were the women old enough to be sisters? Aunts? The mother? | ||