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Directories and Census Data


Census.gov | U.S. Census Bureau Homepage

Census data covers dozen of topics across 130+ surveys and programs. Get in the weeds with more than 2.5 million tables of raw data, maps, profiles, and more

Directories and Census Data - Family History

We have a complete collection of Chicago city and telephone directories, dating from 1839 to the present.

Search Census Records Online and Other Resources

Federal Census records have been digitized by several of NARA's partners, and will eventually be available as well through the National ...

U.S. Census data - USAGov

The US Census Bureau provides data about the nation's people and economy. Every 10 years, it conducts a census counting every resident in the United States.

Census Data and City Directories - Historic Preservation

A gateway to rare, historical, and primary source materials from or about Texas, including select city directories.

U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 - Ancestry

They typically tell you where an ancestor lived and worked and can help you locate ancestors in census years. They can also lead you to nearby churches, ...

Census Data & City Directories - Researching Historic Houses

Census Data. The census is taken every ten years, and household specific data from it is made available seventy years later. This means the 1930 ...

Data Tools and Apps - U.S. Census Bureau

This application was developed to supplement the Address Count Listing files. The files include housing unit and group quarters counts, by ...

Genealogy - U.S. Census Bureau

Although censuses are a source of genealogical information, the Census Bureau does not provide these data. The Census ...

City directories and census records

Over 99 percent of the 1890 census was destroyed by fire in January 1921. City directories bridge these gaps. See the case studies below to learn how city ...

United States Directories - FamilySearch

Time Period of availability: Directories have been published usually annually (yearly) since the early 1800's. City and county directories are similar to ...

Census Records/City Directories - Colored Conventions

Name of family head; age; sex; race; slaves; number of deaf and dumb; number of blind; number of insane and idiotic and whether in public or ...

Public Census Records

How do I request my own census records before public release? ... The Census Bureau's Age Search service provides individual information from ...

How to Use City Directories In Your Genealogy Research

... of neighborhoods. The directories also included different types of information from the census records. Understanding the context behind why ...

U.S., City Directories, 1890 Census Substitute | Ancestry®

Although they do not provide the variety of information about individuals and their families as census records may, they do document individuals in particular ...

Case Study: Using Censuses and Directories to Trace an Ancestor

Jackson, creator of the index, had found this Thomas in the 1860 census. But I still couldn't find him, even searching with the same information. Browsing the ...

Using Census Records with Directories - RootsWeb Wiki

For a city directory to be useful in making a census search, you must know the correct ward or enumeration district of a particular address for ...

Examining City Directories to Discover New Avenues of Research

When trying to match with a census year, look in the city directory for the year following the census, as directories were generally published ...

Perks and pitfalls of city directories as a micro-geographic data source

Historical city directories are rich sources of micro-geographic data. They provide information on the location of households and firms and their ...

Historical Business and City Directories: What Are They?

Those of you researching your families understand how often you need to play detective when examining old records such as the US Census. The name might be ...