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From: "Chuck Wolfram" <>
Subject: Re: [PACHESTE] question on census
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 00:38:30 -0500
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First, in Chester County, the Will, the Probate Packet, or the Interstate
file would *not* be at the courthouse but at the Chester County Archives.
That is, if you're talking 1910 to 1920. My great-grandfather died in
December 1920 and the Archives had all the documents.
Write:
Chester County Archives and Records Services
610 Westtown Road, Suite 080,
West Chester, PA 19380-0990
www.chesco.org/archives/

Each file is five dollars ($5US), for up to 15 pages. The Will and Probate
are one file (that's my experience). They will need a name and date. I
believe also a SASE; they return it if they don't use it, if the file is too
large. The volunteers are fabulous.

You can't tell where the property is as such, but the census will give you
an address--at least the 1900, 1910 and 1920 censuses do. In the left hand
column the enumerator should have written the street name. Next to the name
of the head of household there will be three numbers. The first is the
house number, and is sometimes missing. The next two numbers are recorded
in any proper census citation: the number of dwelling in order of visitation
and the family number in order of visitation. But for where that address is
in the city or county, try a city directory.

The enumerator was to count those persons who were there on the census date.
Those who since died should be counted and those born afterward should not
be counted. Sometimes that wasn't followed. If Cousin Edna was visiting,
(and especially if she stayed the night), she would be counted where she was
visiting. I think if they returned home for the night they would be counted
at home. If somebody was residing elsewhere--such as at school, or in a
nursing home--they would be counted there, where they were at, even if their
legal domicile was elsewhere, with a spouse or with parents.

Chuck Wolfram


----- Original Message -----
From: "K P" <>
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Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 12:45 PM
Subject: [PACHESTE] question on census


> Good morning listers~
> Question, I just finished searching the 1920 census of Chester County ED
> district 101. Found my ggrandmother~Yes!
>
> Does any of the info, i.e., numbers/columns indicate the location of the
> property?
>
> Which then brings me to where would I find a will for the period between
> 1910 census & 1920 census. County courthouse I assume.
>
> Then a general question: when the census taker arrived at a home and asked
> who resided there, did that mean who was visiting or just who lived there?
> Reason being this same ggrandmother's children were listed living with
other
> people or relatives.
> Found this same situation on my family in Lackawanna County.
>
> thanks for any help/advice/direction.
> Curly
>
>
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