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Federal censuses 1850 and later list names, ages, and places of birth (the state or nation) for everyone in each household in the county. Later censuses give even more information.

'''Location! Location! Location!''' Where the family lived is where records about them were created. Censuses play a key roll in locating your ancestors.

Censuses give clues to migration, marriage, other records about your ancestors, and more.

Links to censuses:
 * Online Washington indexes and images of US Federal Censuses 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940, at FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, HeritageQuestOnline and others
 * Statewide printed indexes of federal censuses
 * 1890 Veterans Schedule