I’ve been digging into US Census records lately. Not only is it a challenge to figure out what the handwriting is telling you - is that an “r” or an “n”? - the darn things are just impossible to read. The type is so small and sometimes out of focus or so dim you can hardly make them out.
Ancestry.com offers free US Census charts to help you not only read the fine print, but also to fill in the information as you go.
Researching Census records away from the comfort of your own computer, the charges for printing pages or making copies can be really high and add up. Instead, you can fill in the forms with the information from the screen. Very convenient.
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Free US Census Forms from Ancestry.com is Issue Number 19 published May 8, 2006, by Lorelle VanFossen. This is just one of many articles found in the Genealogy Resources, Genealogy Techniques categories. Lorelle VanFossen writes for a variety of blogs, websites, ezines, and print publications. She also teaches and does a lot of public speaking internationally on photography, writing, blogging, web page design and development, and more. She and her husband and cat(s) travel full-time across North American and the rest of the world by RV, planes, trains, automobiles, and foot, writing and photographing their travels and nature, when they can find it. Lorelle VanFossen has written 231 articles for our our family history blog.
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