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City/Township Not Indexed for 1920 Census

Mark.B.Hansen
Mark.B.Hansen ✭
September 18, 2021 edited July 10, 2024 in General Questions

Does anyone know why the City/Township was not indexed for the 1920 Census? For some reason, only the County and State were indexed in the Event Place field. I can't tell if it's every state, but it seems to be for all counties in Pennsylvania and at least some of Illinois and a few other states. And it's only the 1920 Census. It's really a pain to have to enter a correction for every person in the record, as it maps to the Residence field when you attach the record. Here's an example.

1920 Census Missing City - 1.jpg 1920 Census Missing City - 2.jpg


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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    September 18, 2021 edited September 18, 2021

    It is indexed at the top level:

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  • Julia Szent-Györgyi
    Julia Szent-Györgyi ✭✭✭✭✭
    September 19, 2021

    @Áine Ni Donnghaile, that's waypointed, not indexed. Different species. (They're also sometimes called "breadcrumbs".)

    @Mark.B.Hansen, is this a recent change, or has the 1920 census index always been missing the borough/town level? I ask because there have been background changes or processes that have corrupted or removed data in other collections (such as Hungary Catholic baptisms) lately.

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    September 19, 2021

    I don't think that has been any different over time, @Julia Szent-Györgyi.

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  • Mark.B.Hansen
    Mark.B.Hansen ✭
    September 19, 2021

    @ Julia Szent-Györgyi Thanks, Julia. It's always been that way, as far as I can tell. And it's only the 1920 Census that has this problem. All other U.S. Censuses have the City/Township indexed. I've seen it in all the Pennsylvania counties of the 1920 Census I have been working with. But I just saw it in Ohio yesterday. I assume these records were indexed years ago. (Interestingly, it seems to me that the Census indexers for Ancestry.com are different than the Census indexers on FS, as I have been able to locate ancestors in Census indices on Ancestry that FS can't find.)

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