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Almost always include:
Names of head of household
Addresses
Occupation
May also include:
Names of those over 18 in a household
Name and type of business
Widowed status
Maps and street directories
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General compiled sources such as the FHL Catalog:
http://www.familysearch.org/
Search/searchcatalog.asp
State or local libraries, archives or societies and/or compiled records for that locality as found in
http://www.byub.org/
ancestors/resourceguide/
university & special libraries (e.g., DAR)
Online & CD transcription projects
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to track addresses and moves over time
to find clues to relationships, especially those living in the same house at the same time
to find clues to life events such as marital status and death dates (e.g., when a grown child moves out and appears at another address; when a woman first appears as a widow, narrowing the search for her husband's death, etc.)
to learn occupations and changes in
to make intelligent guesses about church the family attended or businesses they frequented
to learn about businesses run by ancestors
to learn about neighbors and other aspects of your ancestors' life
to close gaps in information between census years
to identify other potential branches of your family living nearby
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