1. YOUR GENEALOGY HELP SOURCE
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Glad you're here!!!  Tampa Bay Roots makes genealogy research easier for you!  You'll find great ideas and tips for you right here! Please take a look at our menu items, arti

2. Popular Turn-of-the-Century Census Now Free Online
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http://www.newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/popular-turn-of-the-century-census-now-free-online Please go to the above link to read the article about the 1900 U.S. Federa

3. 10,000 Volunteers Needed!
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...ooking for some great men and women that can read both Spanish and English to help index the 1930 Mexican Census.  This is a HUGE project with HUGE BENEFITS!  Currently, there are 506 r...

4. 1930 U.S. Federal Census
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1930 U.S. Federal Census 1) Line number. Place of Abode: 2)  Street, avenue, road, etc. 3)  House number (in cities or towns). 4)  Number of dwelling house in order of v

5. 1920 U.S. Federal Census
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1920 U.S. Federal Census 1) Line number. Place of Abode: 2)  Street, avenue, road, etc. 3)  House number or farm. 4)  Dwelling Number. 5)  Number of family, in o

6. 1910 U.S. Federal Census
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1910 U.S. Federal Census 1)  Line number Location: 2)  Street, Avenue, Road, etc. 3)  House number or farm 4)  Dwelling Number 5)  Number of family, in order

7. 1900 U.S. Federal Census
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The 1900 U.S. Federal Census has increased in information again!  1) Line Number Location: In Cities: 2) Street 3) House number 4) Number of dwelling house in the order of visi

8. 1890 U.S. Federal Census
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The 1890 census was the first to use punch cards and an electrical tabulation system. (Courtesy Bureau of the Census) Sadly, there was a fire in the Commerce Building in Washington, D.C. that destro

9. 1880 U.S. Federal Census
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The 1880 U.S. Federal Census is the first decade of census records that was indexed with the Soundex.  This makes it a lot easier to find your relatives even if their last name is spelled wrong

10. Census Soundex Info.
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O.k., here we enter into the error of the "SOUNDEX"!  Our U.S. Federal Census records have increased dramatically along with the population.  There are so many people now that it

11. 1870 U.S. Federal Census
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The 1870 U.S. Federal Census has increased, again, the amount of questions asked.  The questions are becoming more specific and this is when male U.S. Citizenship became a question. 1)&n

12. 1860 U.S. Federal Slave Schedule
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1860 Slave Schedules & 1860 U.S. Federal Census – Slave Schedules.  As you can see, this information didn't change much from the prior Slave Schedule.  Thank goodness th

13. 1860 U.S. Federal Census
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1860 U.S. Federal Census information is about the same as the last decade.  The only thing that was added was the "Value of Personal Estate".  So, they wanted to get a better ide

14. 1850 U.S. Slave Schedule
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1850 was the first of two years that they did a U.S. Federal Slave Schedule.  This is the information that it included.  This is such a blessing for black americans that want to tra

15. 1850 U.S. Federa Census Info.
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In this U.S. Federal Census it looks like they standardized the form that was filled out.  The ledger now has blanks that are filled in and it seems to be more uniform.  This is a plus sin

16. 1840 U.S. Federal Census
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The 1840 Federal Census had some interesting additions!  It's asking for Pensioner's from the Revolutionary War and other Military services.  That can lead you to the act

17. 1830 U.S. Federal Census
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Did you know that at the time of the 1830 Federal Census there were only 24 States in the United States of America?  Kind of interesting! O.K., so here's the information for the 1830

18. 1820 U.S. Federal Census Info.
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The 1820 Federal Census was a little more detailed.  You'll see that they added categories breaking down the ages of the Slaves and the Free Colored Persons.  This gave them a better p

19. 1810 U.S. Federal Census
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Sadly, most of the 1810 Federal Census was damaged in a fire in 1921 and was then destroyed by bureaucratic error. Also, the information that the Assistant Marshall's collected did not

20. 1800 Census Info. to Glean
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... a buggy was not very comfortable.  Thanks to their hard work, it has enabled us to have the Federal Census records microfilmed.  A true blessing for our genealogy work today! We...

21. Federal Census Gleaning
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The Federal Census has a wealth of information and it's our job to become "Glean Machines" to put this information to good use.  This means that we glean or harvest as much inform

22. Census Records = Genealogy Info.
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Census Records are an incredible resource for genealogy!  The U.S. Federal Census began in 1790 under the responsibility of Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. The statistical informati

23. STRIKING CENSUS GOLD
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...full access to www.Ancestry.com and I plugged in my family's info.  I looked under the 1900 U.S. Census and found my Great-Great Grandparents.  They were the last family listed on the pa...

24. FAMILY DYNAMICS
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...d information about his Grandmother.  It was very interesting to say the least.  Looking in the Census records under www.ancestry.com proved to be very successful!  We were able to find...

25. Census Abstracts
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Abstracting information from a Census record means that you are taking out important information that will help you progress with your family's genealogy. Census recor