What Are Census Indexes?

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Census indexes enable you to search records by specific features If you use census records online you will be able to search the records by various features anyway, so separate census indexes are not normally necessary Separate census indexes of names are useful if you are using census records on microfiche or microfilm, because these records are arranged by area and by street, not by surname

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