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 == Searching Census Records  ==
-When searching census records, remember:<br>
+When searching census records, consider the following:<br>
-*Accept the ages with caution.
+*&nbsp;Accept the ages with caution.
-*Given names may not be the same as the name recorded in church or vital records.
+*&nbsp;Names may be recorded as they sound. Place names may be misspelled
 *Information may be incorrect.
-*Names may be spelled as they sound.
-*Place-names may be misspelled.
-*If the family is not at the expected address, search the surrounding area.
-*Parts of the 1841 and 1861 censuses are faint and sometimes unreadable.
 *When you find your family in one census, search the earlier or later census records to find additional family members and to verify details.
-*Individuals missing from a family may be listed elsewhere in the census.
+*Individuals missing from a family may be listed elsewhere in the census..<br>
-*Search available census indexes before using the actual census records.
-*If possible, find your ancestor’s address for the time period of the census you are searching. In big cities an address will help you find your ancestor in a census, especially when street indexes exist for the city.
 ==== Finding Street addresses  ====
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 *Register of Towns Indexed by Streets. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Family History Library, 1999. (FHL book 942 X22r; fiche 6026692, on two fiche.) <br>
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