Census Searching and other list forms, Tax lists, etc this applies to.
I learned this from a well known Researcher to do, what today is called CLUSTERING.
When you open a census page up for a surname, look for the surname also on the page before
and after. The chance of relatives is very great. Especially in the 1790 to 1850 census , though
it applies to all lists.
You may find the names you need but save the other ones also for falling back on
when you hit a brick wall and need to get additional Information.
At one time we did direct line Research, which created many brick walls.
Families lived together or near and traveled together. Cluster Researching only
makes sense.
School Tax Lists, can be treated the same way. Muster Rolls can also shed some light on
problems some times. Tax Lists in general also. I like to say any list of a given area
should at least have been scanned in this way if you are in need of information.
Having used this for: WILL BOOKS, LAND RECORDS, PROBATE RECORDS, TAX
LISTS (WHO OWES) (WHO PAID). There are many doors to open doing this.
IT SAVES YOU FROM GOING BACK ALL OVER AGAIN, GATHER THE DATA
IN THE BEGINNING.
I CREDIT this information to: George R Schweitzer, Ph.D..
When doing region research, you can cluster the region you want out of the Master
List the same way.
Susi Pentico
Educational Chairperson 2016
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