Are you looking for someone in a particular census and you can’t seem to find them? It is possible that they aren’t on the census. But before you come to that conclusion, here are some tips for locating someone hiding in plain sight!
read moreApril 15 is typically tax day, and it has me thinking of how taxes relate to genealogical work. Tax records can help trace ancestors, especially those who relocated or lived in times or locations with lost census records. Tax records provide clues to other records, to the person's financial status, and the possibility of probate records. Tax records may also identify an occupation which could …
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