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## Publications - Genealogy

View larger imageItalian Immigrant Family at Ellis Island, 1910 Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress Approximately 40 percent of all Americanscan trace their ancestry to an Ellis Island Immigrant

The following publications may prove useful as you study census records while conducting genealogical research.
                        - Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses From 1790 to 2000  [PDF 16.5MB]
                        - 200 Years of Census Taking: Population and Housing Questions, 1790-1990  [PDF 11.4MB], November 1989
                        - Twenty Censuses: Population and Housing Questions, 1790-1980  [PDF 8.49MB], October 1979
                        - BC-600  [PDF 147KB] - Request for search of census records application
                        - Age Search Information  [PDF 4.77MB]
                        - Factfinder for the Nation: Availability of Census Records About Individuals  [PDF 150KB]
                        - Using Maps in Genealogy  [PDF 430KB] U.S. Geological Survey.
                        - USCIS Genealogy Program  [PDF 258KB] U.S. Customs and Immigration Service.
                        - Sanitation and Statistics: How Public Health Professionals Revolutionized the U.S. Census  [625KB PDF]

For more information, visit the Census Bureau History Web Site's Genealogy pages.

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