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=== Census Tips === | === Census Tips === | ||
{{Tip|Find your ancestor in every census taken while he/she was alive. This includes territorial and state-funded censuses.}} | {{Tip|Find your ancestor in every census taken while he/she was alive. This includes territorial and state-funded censuses.}} | ||
'''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 | ||
:*Neighbors may be relatives or old friends from their home state. | ::*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.}} | {{Tip|Check marriages for women in every county where your ancestor was found in a census, then search the SAME census for the husbands.}} | ||