Kansas, Gove County Enumeration Books and List of Residents - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains an index and images of enumeration books and list of residents from townships within Gove County. (An enumeration is an ordered listing of the items in a collection.)

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 * The names of female residence and their ages
 * The names of male residence and their ages
 * A list of family members
 * The head of house hold and the number of members in the family

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 * Collection Citation:

''Kansas, Gove County Census Enumerations, 1909-1950.

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