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Find Your Ancestor's Parents and their Siblings in the United States, 1850-1940

Census indexes can help you locate your ancestors. People were listed in national, state and territorial census records. The national census was done every ten years. Other censuses were often done five years after the national census. Most census records are available online.

Step 1. Search for your ancestor with their parents in each census.

Start with the first census after your ancestor was born.

Step 2. Verify the census information with at least one other record

Vital records provide evidence to clarify what was learned from other records