| Most genealogists working in the US have
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| | you toward more documents, like tax,
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| learned what a valuable tool the US
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| | property, military, immigration and
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| Census is. But the ins and outs of each
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| | naturalization records. Searching census
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| census record are intricate. It seems
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| | and other records can be a time-consuming
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| like each decade something changed about
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| | task. A professional genealogy research
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| the information included or the way it
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| | service can provide you with
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| was recorded. This perception is quite
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| | thoroughly-researched, pertinent
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| often the case. The history of the US
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| | information from census and other
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| Census Records is important to understand
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| | records.Tracing Your Ancestors with the
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| when using it as a resource to trace your
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| | 1790-1810 CensusesBy order of the
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| ancestors. This article features census
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| | Constitution, an official enumeration of
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| searching tips and covers the history of
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| | United States citizens needed to be made
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| the US Census from 1790 to 1810. Part
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| | to determine the exact number of
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| two in this series covers US Census
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| | representatives each state warranted in
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| history from 1820 to 1880, including
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| | the new Congress. Repeated every ten
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| 1850, a watershed year in census history.
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| | years, the census was posted in a public
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| The third and last article covers the
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| | place for verification and sent to
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| history of the census from 1890 to the
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| | Congress.The first censuses listed each
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| present.Census Searching TipsTry any and
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| | head of household by name and gave the
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| all spellings of first and last names, or
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| | number of free white persons and slaves
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| use Soundex if possible. Some
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| | in the household. Beginning in 1810,
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| enumerators were quite "creative" in
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| | these counts were divided by age group
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| recording people's names. Especially in
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| | and gender. For example, a family might
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| earlier censuses, many people could not
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| | be listed by the father's name and
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| write or spell their own name for the
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| | indicate that there was one free female
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| enumerator. Recent immigrants might also
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| | under 10, one slave female and one slave
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| have had thick accents. McCollum, for
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| | male 10-16 years old, one free female
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| example, might be rendered McCullum,
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| | between 16 and 26, one free male 26-45
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| McCullom, MacCallum (its derivation),
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| | and one free male over 45. For these six
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| MacCollum, McColm, McCollin (that's
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| | people, we have only one name. For full
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| straight from the census record), etc. A
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| | names and exact ages, other records are
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| fairly common name, Franklin has fourteen
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| | necessary. This notation system was used
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| extant spelling variations that might
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| | through the 1840 census.Census records of
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| appear (including two f's, two n's, ck
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| | the 1790 census are missing from
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| for k, y for i, a silent e, and
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| | Delaware, Kentucky, New Jersey, Georgia,
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| combinations of the four). My husband's
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| | and Virginia. They were lost some time
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| genealogy has the surname Faulkner
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| | before 1830. These were the first but
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| spelled four different ways in four
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| | not the last census records to be
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| generations, and each of those men could
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| | destroyed through carelessness. It
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| have used any or all of those spellings
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| | appears that the 1800 census is
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| during their lives, if they were
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| | complete.The 1810 census also lists
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| literate. You get the idea.
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| | information on "manufacturing." Census
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| Keep in mind that city, county and state
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| | takers were not told exactly what to
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| boundaries have changed, especially from
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| | inquire about for this category, so it
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| the times of the earliest censuses.
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| | may include personal property, livestock,
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| Counties existed then that don't now, and
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| | etc. Indications of property should also
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| vice versa. There is a map guide to help
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| | lead you to tax and deed information.A
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| you find locations in each census.When
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| | descendant of many avid genealogists,
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| reading census records, read every
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