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About
the 1920 Census Project
- Notes on the database
(how to use the data)
- Historical
Notes
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Enumerator's Instructions
What constitutes a family? A dwelling? How did enumerators
fill in the column for race for African Americans? How were
children listed? Enumerators had very specific instructions and
guidelines for filling out their forms. Reading over the original
instructions given to the people who actually went door-to-door, asked
the questions, and filled in the forms will help you understand more
about the results.
The data
- neighborhoods
Use this dataset to
examine neighborhoods, find out about businesses and determine what families lived next to or
nearby each other. The "streets and families" list
shows only the head of each
family or household.
- heads of households only
Use this dataset to
examine details about the heads of households only.
Included are personal descriptions, employment, place of birth, and
whether the family rented or owned their home. These list only
the head of each family or household.
- non-heads of households, grouped
according to households:
Use this dataset to
examine details about the individual members of a household.
Included are personal descriptions, employment, place of birth, and
education. These list the head of each family or
household first, followed by an alphabetical list of everyone in that
family or household, including roomers and boarders.
- non-heads of households, alphabetized
by surnames:
Use this dataset to
examine details about all non-heads of households.
Included are personal descriptions, employment, place of birth, and
education. This is an alphabetical list of all non-heads of
households. This list is most effective as a finding aid, since
not all individuals in a household shared the same surname.
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