Strategies for Using U.S. Census: Difference between revisions

There are many clues on a census page that are frequently overlooked. Studying the ages of family members, for example, may spur ideas:<br>• Look for large gaps between children. [There may a missing child or a second marriage.]<br>• Compare the ages of husband and wife. [If one is much older than the other, it may be a clue there was a second marriage.]<br>• Notice how the age of the wife compares with the oldest and the youngest child. [If she was too old or too young, this might be the child of a previous wife.]<br>• Ages and places of birth of the children can be clues to:<br>     - Where the parents were married.<br>     - Migration from state to state.<br>• The more you study the census page, the more clues you’ll find.<br>  

    1.&nbsp; Find Ephraim Smith in all applicable&nbsp;censuses.&nbsp;  

    2.&nbsp; What do the censuses tell us about Ephraim?  

    3.&nbsp; What suggestions do they give about Ephraim?  

    4.&nbsp; What further ideas come from the information about his neighbors?  

    5.&nbsp; With the above, what&nbsp;5 things would you search next if the goal is to find Ephraim's parents?&nbsp;  

    6.&nbsp; Why would you search them?