The Census Book: A Genealogist's Guide to Federal Census Facts, Schedules and Indexes

by William Dollarhide, James A. Derheim (Photographer)

The Census Book gives many unknown facts and peculiarities about census records and includes 29 census extraction forms, 1790-1930. These forms enable you to copy and track your ancestor's information. A CD-ROM of the entire book is included for conveniently printing forms, searching the publication and quickly navigating to specific items of interest. Includes a fully searchable CD-ROM version that contains 29 census extraction forms (1790-1930) enabling you to copy and track your ancestors' information.

Genres: Reference

Paperback

First published August 1, 1999

Reviews

[John Bastin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This excellent book provides lots of information pertaining to the US Federal Population Census. It's a source of information that explains very well the reasons for the difficulties that genealogists sometimes encounter when searching for census information, and provides a number of tips for getting the most use from census records of the past.