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Almost all records in the GPO got destroyed during the rising and my ancestry goes back 100 years in Ireland. By the way the census we have now only goes back 90 years. If I am to use a website to find out PLEASE for the love of God give me as much detail as you can on how to use it.
Lets face it, no database is perfect so you will find errors. Being Heritage Quest doesnt have a soundex search, here are a few tips for doing creative searches that might help you find your ancestors on their censuses. These tips will also work on other sites even if they do have soundex search.
What can you learn from a census record? Watch our video to find out how to read a 1930 US Census record and learn how this record can help you discover more on Ancestry.com. Then search for your ancestors in census records at www.ancestry.com
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What is the best genealogical resource available? It DOES NOT have to be a free site/resource. The Mormon Family Search site has only limited information. I would like it to have as much information as possible such as census, marriage, death, military, criminal, baptismal, foreign, medical, immigration, naturalization or as many other records as possible.
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I’ve just started doing my family tree which is predominently England, Scottish and Irish with a small hint of American.
What are the best sites to get census or birth information to help with this please???
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