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Some things may not be what they appear to be.  For instance, take the Wenzel Mueller family in the 1880 U.S. census for Cincinnati,  Ohio: Name Relation Age Birthplace Father’s birthpl Mother’s birthpl Wenzel Mueller   38 Bremen Bremen Bremen Pauline Mueller wife 34 Baden Baden Baden Anna Mueller daughter 10 Ohio Bremen Baden Elizabeth [...]

Have you hunted here, there, and everywhere, and still cannot find your family in a certain census?  Here are some of the reasons why you may not have been able to find them:  1.  They moved from where you thought they should be.  For instance, I found Thomas Francis Farrell and his family in the [...]

My dad was born in May 1920, yet when I looked at the 1920 U.S. census and found his parents, my dad was not there. His brothers were, but he was not.  Do you know why? Because he was born in May, and the census was taken January 1.   The census taker was given the [...]

I was stumped.  No one in the family knew when and where Thomas Francis Farrell married.   It may have been in Ireland (his place of birth), England (his last known residence before immigration to the U.S.), or in the United States. I found him in the 1900 U.S. census.  That record revealed he had been [...]