Quote Originally Posted by Coinneach View Post
Some people do just seem to disappear. My cousin finally found our great grandmother by searching the census in the location she was supposed to be in page by page. She had been taken in by an Aunt when her parents were both gone. What we know her as turned out to be her middle name...at least in the census. That's a long and arduous process and is not recommended unless all other searches have failed.

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You don't have to do that any more. At ancestry.com you just type in the name, click a search and get a list of hits.