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You may access “Heritage Quest on Line” from your
computer at home, if you have a Citrus
County Library card. Just click on
their URL,
WWW.cclib.org and select “online resources”, scroll down the list of
databases until you come to Heritage Quest and click on “access from outside
the library” it. You will then be ask
to type in the numbers on the back of your library card. Even the 1900 census index is available
from your home computer. Heritage
Quest Online website tips below. |
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Tips
& Stragies for Using Heritage Quest Online |
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Website
for The Citrus County Genealogical Society |
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Citrus County
Genealogical Society P. O. Box 2211 Inverness, Florida
34451-2211 |
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Tips
& Strategies for using Heritage Quest Online by Ann Machonkin |
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For Membership or Questions, Contact |
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Page 1 Basic Census Search—Only
certain census years have been indexed.
It will probably be early 2004 before the 1930 index is
available. Some census years don’t
have indexes for all states yet. The
1930 census index should be completed soon.
It is better to search one census year at a
time—rather than all.
Only the Head of Household is in the index, but the entire household
is given on the actual census image.
If no names are found or too many, try Advanced Search by clicking on
the tab behind Basic Search. If the name is found, but you can’t find it on
the actual census image, try going to the next page of the census by clicking
on the page-forward arrow above the census image. Census records have a page
A and a page B for each number. If the handwriting is difficult to read, try
increasing the ZOOM to 300%, or click on the negative image tab. Now the handwriting is white against a
black background. Advanced Census Search—Click on tab. Be selective about which blanks you fill in. To decrease the number of names found, put in the county or township or ward, if known, or put the place of birth, or age from the dropdown age rang |