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In addition to the familiar federal population schedules, many communities, states, and federal agencies created local and special censuses that captured details not found in regular decennial counts. These include school censuses, veterans schedules, agricultural and industrial schedules, and other specialized enumerations designed for taxation, education, military pensions, economic surveys, or local administrative needs. Because they often list different household members, occupations, land details, and community-specific information, these censuses can provide breakthroughs where standard records fall short. This Quicksheet highlights the major types of local and special censuses and shows where genealogists can find them today.
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