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Sometimes, you find your ancestor on either the tax list or the census, but not on both even though you know that they were there at that time. One of the tricks I have used is to compare the two, a tax list about the time as the census. A transcriber frequently does not do both of these records and the reading of the names can vary. By a comparison of the two, you might discover that your ancestor is present on both. In looking at the tax list, you…
Read MoreThe 1940 Census is now available and it is free to anyone who needs it. This comes as good news to the avid researcher; however, there is a bad side to it. You know that all things in life come with good news and bad news. First, we will start with the bad news of this release. To begin your search of the 1940 Census, you have to have the Enumeration District number. The full index of the census is not completed as yet since volunteers from around the world…
Read MoreEach of the different Federal Census asks different questions to arrive at the need of the country at the time of that census. The 1820 is no different from any of the rest of them. Most all of the Census from 1790 through 1840 are primarily interested in the number of young men that could be pressed into militia/military duty at any one time. You always notice that these age breakdown of men in the 16 to 45 age group is the most divided. These are the men that would…
Read MoreThis the third part in our Census series. You can also read Part 1 and Part 2. Beginning with the 1900 census and forward, the rules of the game changed considerably. Since there would be a lot more information of a personal nature, the release of these census was governed more strictly. In most of the census for the years 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 it was much easier to identify a certain individual and where they lived, therefore, for the longest time, a letter had to be written requesting…
Read MoreThis is the second part of our series of four articles on the Census from 1790 until 1930. The first part reviewed the 1790 – 1850 Census. This edition will cover the second half of the nineteenth century. These records have a lot of new information for each of the following years: 1860 – 1870 – 1880 and 1890. As you remember, the first article discussed how the early census contained primarily the names of the heads of households. With these census years, the name of everyone living in the…
Read MoreThe taking of census is nothing new and certainly the United States did not invent the event. We can read in the Bible that the Hebrew children gathered under the sign of their tribe to be counted. Joseph took Mary to Bethlehem “as he was of the house of David” to be counted. Since that time, census have been taken so that leaders of the kingdom knew the number of people they had at their command, especially for men who were of fighting age. So it is natural that the…
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