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Using Census Records for Genealogical Research
By Curt B. Witcher, MLS, FUGA
 More of this Feature
• Pt 1: 1790 - 1870
• Pt 2: 1880 - 1920
• Pt 3: Census Indices
• Pt 4: Special Schedules
• Pt 5: Census 'Gotchas'
• Pt 6: Census Substitutes
 
 Special Chat!
Curt B. Witcher, president of the National Genealogical Society and Head of the Allen County, IN Public Library's Historic Genealogy Department, was a guest in our chat room on March 7, 2001 to answer questions about Using Census Records for Family History. This special lecture iwas a part of an ongoing series sponsored by the U.S. National Genealogical Society.
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  Related Resources
• Census Around the World
• Common Soundex Mistakes
• U.S. Census Online
 
 Elsewhere on the Web
• National Genealogical Society
• Allen County Public Library Genealogy Dept.
 
 

Bibliography

Bourne, Delia Cothrun. "Federal Census Research: Guidelines and Hints" in the Indiana Genealogist, v. 5, no. 1, March 1994. 

Kirkham, E. Kay. A Handy Guide to Record-Searching in the Larger Cities of the United States. Logan, UT: Everton Publishers, Inc., 1974. 

Lainhart, Ann S. State Census Records. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000. 

Periodical Source Index. Fort Wayne, IN: Allen County Public Library Foundation, 1987-. 

Szucs, Loretto Dennis and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking. The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy. Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1997. Rev. ed. [Chapter 5 covers census records.] 

Thorndale, William and William Dollarhide. Map Guide to the U. S. Federal Census 1790 - 1920. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. 

Twenty Censuses Population and Housing Questions 1790 - 1980. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Commerce, 1979.

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