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jherbert7410  (View posts) Posted: 22 Feb 2000 8:02PM GMT
Edited: 1 Aug 2004 2:37AM GMT
Hi Margie:
I looked under her married name, (Breidenbach). I have an LDS (Church of Latter Day Saints) genealogy library not far from me, and you can order the census registers and soundex files through them for $4/reel. If you're not sure whether there's one near you, their web site has all of the locations around the country.
The first thing to do, is determine the soundex equivalent for the surname you are looking for. Then, you order the year you want to see, in the proper state, for that soundex code. The beauty of this, is that you don't need to know what county you're looking for - it indexes the whole state. Then, you scan the microfilm for the proper given name, under that soundex code. What you're looking at, are the index cards that were written directly from the registers. They in themselves, will give you oodles of family information. Once you find the right card, it will give you the enumeration district, the volume, sheet and line that your record is listed in. It shows you the county, so you know which census register microfilm to look at. Then, you order it, and then get all the information once it's in. It sounds complicated, but really isn't. Just don't make the mistake I did the first time, thinking I could just go directly to the census register. You really need to access the soundex record first.
Judy
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