Census & Voter Lists
A census is an official list of the people in a particular area at a given time, while voter lists show those who were registered to vote in a certain area. The valuable information found on census records helps you to understand your family in their time and place. Voter Lists serve as a confirmation of residence in between the years that the census was taken.
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- 1901 England Census
- 1871 England Census
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What are Census & Voter Lists records?
A census is an official list of the people in a particular area at a given time, while voter lists show those who were registered to vote in a certain area.
What things can I learn from a Census & Voter Lists record?
In addition to counting the inhabitants of an area, the census usually contains vital and interesting information such as name, age, ethnic background, immigration dates, occupation, address, military service, cost of home, and disabilities.
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- 1930 United States Federal Census
- 1900 United States Federal Census
- 1901 England Census
- 1911 Census of Canada
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- Immigration & Emigration
- New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
- U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925
- Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956
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- Stories, Memories & Histories
- Public Member Stories
- Slave Narratives
- Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.)
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- Court, Land, Wills & Financial
- U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
- Texas Land Title Abstracts
- U.S. Freedmen Bank Records, 1865-1874
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- Birth, Marriage & Death
- Social Security Death Index
- England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
- Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
- California Death Index, 1940-1997
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- Newspapers & Periodicals
- United States Obituary Collection
- The Times (London, England)
- Stars and Stripes Newspaper, Europe, Mediterranean, and North Africa Editions, 1942-1964
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- Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
- Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases, 1507-2000
- U.S. County Land Ownership Atlases, c. 1864-1918
- Lippincott’s Gazetteer of the World, 1913
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- Reference Materials & Finding Aids
- Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy
- Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
- U.S. Military Records
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- Military
- World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
- British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
- U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
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- Pictures
- Public Member Photos & Scanned Documents
- Library of Congress Photo Collection, 1840-2000
- U.S. School Yearbooks
- Historical Postcards Collection, c. 1893-1960
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- Directories & Member Lists
- U.S. City Directories
- New York City Directories
- Connecticut City Directories
- British Phone Books, 1880-1984
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