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Guide to locating census (or population records, whether church or civil, for ancestry, family history, and genealogy research.

What Are Census Records?

 * What can you find in census records?
 * How do you find death records?
 * What are privacy restrictions?

Online Genealogical Records Pages
On the main page for each U.S. State page and country page, a blue button leads to a listing of online record collections.

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 * Also, all the available Online Genealogy Records pages are linked at Online Genealogy Records by Location.

Wiki Articles
Each U.S. state and country page has full articles written about finding and using census records. These articles provide details on censuses kept, links to online records again, records kept in archives and other records repositories.

Sidebar Links
Each country or U.S. state page has a main Wiki page with a sidebar on the right side. In this sidebar, you will find links to articles about Church Records and Vital Records or Civil Registration. These articles will give specific information on the records for that locality and how to access them.

Category Links to Articles
Another way to jump quickly to articles for different states and countries is to find them in category pages. These categories have direct links to topic articles for each country and U.S.State:
 * U.S. States Church Records
 * Category:Church Records by Country