Introduction to census searching in Ancestry, part I

2. Gives a SNAPSHOTof the family every ten years

3. Where they lived

4. Who was in the family

5. Basic profile for each family memberResearch Process Move from the KNOWN to the UNKNOWN Start with the recent, move to the past

6. Census Basics Most recent available: 1930 72-year privacy rule: 1940 census available April 2012 1890 census damaged in 1921 and later destroyed; only remnants exist Some other censuses have missing data for some counties 1790 to 1840: only head of household named; others counted by age and sex 1850 and after, every person in household listed

7. Learn about Ancestry collections Home page of Ancestry Library Edition = ALE

8. U.S. Census Collection at ALE Learn about the census on Ancestry If you enter names here ALE will search all 15 censuses ! Click on links here to search one census at a time Scroll down V

9. Further down on first census page in ALE: Get blank forms for reference Click here to Search one year at a time

10. Blank census forms at Genealogy.comhttp://genealogy.com/00000023.html

11. Reminder: Print out blank census forms so you can examine the column headings Each census has different headings and contains varying information Blank form sources Ancestry Genealogy.com

12. Single Census Year Search Page: 1850 for example Valuable info located on search page of each census Identifies original source of the images Gives background about the particular census

15. After 1850, every household member named Listed in order of visit to residence Additional Information: ~Age, sex, race ~Occupation ~Property Value ~Birthplace ~Literacy 1850