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Guide to locating census records for ancestry, family history, and genealogy research. | |||
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==What are census records?== | |||
==What can you find in census records?== | |||
==How do you find census records?== | |||
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|<span style="color:DarkViolet"> ''' Many census records are online. You should consult the Wiki article on census records for each country to understand how to find and search its census records</span> | |||
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<center> <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''See the links to census records in the right sidebar in this typical Wiki main page.'''</span><center> | |||
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===Online Genealogical Records Pages=== | |||
On the main page for each U.S. State page and country page, a blue button leads to a listing of '''online record collections.''' | |||
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<center> <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''Look for the blue button on each state and country '''<br>'''main page to link to the Online Genealogy Records page.'''</span><center> | |||
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*'''Also, all the available Online Genealogy Records pages are linked at''' [[Online Genealogy Records by Location|'''Online Genealogy Records by Location.''']] | |||
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===FamilySearch Catalog=== | |||
*Census Records collected by FamilySearch, usually digitized and online, are listed in the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch catalog'''.] Enter the name of the country in the "Place Field" and click "Search". A list of record categories will be provided. Select "Census". | |||
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