Re: census data

["Edward Serros" <ed@...>]

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Susana Leniski" <susyfarias@c...> wrote:
>
> I was looking at the census data of Dr. Platt. (the links is in
Ranchos). Some of the films that he talks about  for zacatecas and
Jalisco are as follows:
> 
>  Has anyone seen any of these films? What  type of information do
you find in them?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Susana Leniski
> 

Susana,

I have looked at a few of these. All of the ones I saw were not
indexed so you have to have the patience of a saint (so what is new in
genealgoy research) to find useful information. I did not find any of
my relatives but my time was limited given my sometimes very impatient
personality. What is useful is that you can see who was living with
whom, e.g. family nucleus, which included other relatives or whomever
with different surnames. Ages were also given but no data on parents,
grandparents, origins. Some of the towns were listed by street names
with residents of such.

As with most census records the government is simply doing head counts
for tax purposes, not genealogy purposes. If you have the time and
fair information where your relatives lived, then it may be worth your
while.

Ed