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No one ever said genealogy would be easy!Īs usual, write to us at with all your genealogy queries, especially as they relate to this post. With census maps describing electoral districts, there may be a key or guide describing how you work out an ED using an electoral district map. In the case of the databases, you might have to click through the ward, AD, or SDs listed to find the enumeration district you are looking for. A census map might describe an electoral district, which is different from an enumeration district. Sometimes a database will offer browsing of different administrative districts used at census time, wards, assembly districts (AD), or supervisor's district (SD), for instance. Sometimes the genealogy database, or the census map does not describe enumeration districts as clearly as we would like.For the 1910 census, for instance, consult directories from 1909 through 1911 (where available). Search city directories either side of a census year, to make sure you have the correct address.Try to consult maps or street directories from the approximate years of the census you are browsing. Remember: street names and numbers change.If your ancestor was not at home for instance, the census taker may have returned later and taken the household details then.

If you do not see your address described in the census, it may be at the back of the ED section you are browsing.

Rural areas do not always describe street names and building numbers.

This is approximately true for all censuses that describe street names and numbers. If you don't see the address listed, you will have to browse through the pages until you do. Look for the street name and number where your ancestor lived. Provided that you are looking at a census that describes addresses, in the first page of the census you will see, to the far left, a column along which is written the street name, in this case "East 17th." In the next column to the right, you will see listed building numbers.

You will now be looking at the pages from the 1900 census that describe the New York, New York Enumeration District number 432.

Look for and click ED 432 Borough of Manhattan.

Scroll down and click Browse through 1,602,454 images.

You should see a link to United States Census, 1900.

#Find my past addresses free

We're going to use FamilySearch, as this is a free site. Federal census collection Ancestry, FindMyPast, HeritageQuest, FamilySearch, or the Internet Archive, for instance. You can do this at any genealogy site that has a browseable, digitized U.S.

#Find my past addresses how to

This post will tell you how you find an ancestor's address at census time, how to generate an ED number, and how to browse the census. To do this the researcher needs to generate an enumeration district (ED) number. One possible way around this problem may be to browse the census, in order to search by address. You've tried searching the spouse and children's names, and nearby friends and relatives, in case that approach works. Perhaps that name hasn't been indexed correctly, or the enumerator misspelled the name, or had sloppy handwriting? Perhaps your ancestor wasn't there at all? You've tried Soundex searches, truncated searches, variant spellings. You believe this is only a few years after they immigrated, and you really want to see that record: it describes your family's first years in the United States, so is an important record. You've tried searching by name, but nothing works.

You have your ancestor in, let's say, the 1940 census, back through 1930, 1920, and 1910, but you can't seem to find your ancestor in the 1900 census. For instance, you're following a name through the censuses, tracing a family line back through the years, when you hit a dead end. To browse the census, searching for an address, is much easier if you can find something called an ED (Enumeration District) number. The United States Federal Census, from 1790 through 1940, is available through subscription genealogy databases like Ancestry, FindMyPast, and HeritageQuest, and free through FamilySearch, and others. Ever wondered who lived in your home before you? Perhaps it was someone famous? Or someone infamous. Maybe you have tried searching for your great-grandparents in old census records, but you are having trouble finding them using the indexes? Searching-or browsing-the census by address will help you do this.