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= Find children missing from a family by using the 1900 &amp; 1910 United States Census =

Certain census records identified the number of children born and how many were still living. This information may help you verify that all children in a family are accounted for.

Step 1. Find the family in the 1900 or 1910 census
Use information you know to search for them at:


 * FamilySearch
 * Ancestry
 * Findmypast

Step 2. Read the row of information for the mother in the family

 * 1) Read across until you find the number of children born and those now living.
 * 2) Compare the numbers with the children you know about

Step 3. Find any missing children in another record

 * other census years
 * church records
 * cemetery records
 * vital records