Old Fashioned Census Research

Old Fashioned Census Research

My pre-computer notes from the 1830 census microfilm

“Back in the day” before images were available online, researching census records meant a trip to the local NARA office or genealogical society to scroll through microfilm images. To make a copy to take home, you had to print from the microfilm image or copy the information by hand.

I have binders full of pages like this for families I’m researching. All headed for the shredder and recycling now…

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