Washington Census Tips

United States Census Washington Census  Tips

Value of Censuses
Census records are extremely valuable in genealogical research. They:
 * 1) Reveal specifics about the family, such as names, ages, birthplaces. See Contents of Federal Censuses
 * 2) Locate the family in the very places where other records about them were likely created. (See Using the Census to find other records
 * 3) Provide clues that help you learn even more about them.

Helping you make the most of all these values is the purpose of this article.

Effective Census Tips
Why:
 * 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
 * Neighbors

Why:
 * You may find sisters living in the area.
 * Your ancestor's widowed mother may have remarried. In those censuses, were the women the right age(s) to be sisters? Aunts? The mother?
 * They may have moved with your ancestor from another, but you couldn't recognize them before this.