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A census is defined as an official enumeration of the people of a nation, state, district, or city, together with the collecting of statistics concerning their property, nativity, age, sex, occupation, etc. Since 1790, the U.S. government has taken a nationwide population count every ten years. Early censuses were essentially basic counts of inhabitants; but as the nation grew, so did the need for statistics that would reflect the characteristics of the people. Succeeding enumerations solicited more information; by 1920, census enumerators asked twenty-nine questions of every head of household and almost as many questions of everyone else in the residence. Few, if any records reveal as many details about individuals and families as do the U.S. censuses.

The U.S. census records will help you build your family tree. With 70 million names, the census is the best place to find basic information about your relatives. Start you search by filling in the form below. The search box below will search 2 billion names in U.S. Federal Census records, Birth, Marriage, death records and historical newspapers. The search results will be displayed on Ancestry.com’s website.


Were Related Integrated in New Facebook Game — Family Village


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Provo, UT (PRWEB) February 14, 2011

Funium announced today the integration of its forthcoming Facebook game, Family Village, with FamilyLinks Were Related on Facebook, a top 300 social application. Still in limited alpha development, Family Village is the first free Facebook-based game to connect and unite real families as players explore their family trees while building an online FarmVille and CityVille-like community. FamilyLinks massive database provides Family Village players with access to billions of online records for a unique family discovery experience of their ancestors and living relatives. These genealogical and family history records contain information such as birth and death dates, birthplaces, and much more, and tie in with game characters providing users with a realistic and deep connection with their relatives.

Most computer games eventually lose their luster for players who reach some prescribed goal. Even FarmVille average usage is starting to shrink, stated Jeff Wells, Funium CEO. Conversely, Family Village engages players with not only Facebook friends, but living relatives in a quest to discover their ancestors and family history.

While players have fun building fortune, houses, businesses, immigrating family members, and assigning jobs, Family Village matches inputted data with relevant real-world documents about the users living and deceased relatives such as census records, newspaper articles, marriage records, and other documents. Players can then examine the records, print them, or store them in their personal game library.

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Signs of a Bottom in Housing


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Signs of a Bottom in Housing
By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM Home builders started construction on just 428600 single-family homes in 2011 and completed just 444900 single-family homes, the Census Bureau reported Thursday. Both were the lowest totals since the bureau started keeping records …
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Free access offered to selected state archives
Users can access Kansas State Census Records from 1865-1925 (years ending in "5"), Civil War Enlistment Papers of Kansas Volunteer Regiments (1862, 1863, 1868), Russell County Vital and Probate Records, selected World War I manuscripts, and the United …
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Gone with or without a trace
And as Loveland's population increases and ages — US Census Bureau data estimates almost 12000 of the city's 67000 people are older than 60 — local police believe they will investigate more reports of missing senior citizens in years to come. …
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