Is there a way to search for an address and find out who lived there? Search the census records for

RaySola

Is there a way to search for an address and find out who lived there? Search the census records for a house number?

For instance, say my grandmother lived in Puerto Rico. On 1940 census, she is living with her son in Manhattan. I find a document where she traveled from PR to NYC in 1938.

 

Even though she is a citizen, the imigration documented her. And it says "Address destination" and it is an address in Manhattan, but not the son's address.

 

So, how do I find the 1940 census for that address and see if it is a cousin or someone I should know?

Carol Lou Hill

Mmm. That is an interesting question. I don't know how you would find it. Maybe there is a way to look up the districts and see what streets were included in them!

PaulARoberts

The best is to just Google it. Enter the address and the city then to locate it if it its not for sale etc, go to Maps. Then Street View and if the house is still there you can see it. Its also a great way to locate missing locations where there is only an address or the use of "City" instead of the location of the county seat where the info was recorded or created.

 

For general location finding I use Hometownlocator.com it will list all the current locations in the country. Doing a search on the name of a location will find changed or absorbed communities. Indexed locations can be a problem when only the abbreviated name is used by the clerk (who knows it because he lives there). The reading listing in hometownlocator.com can often identify the correct location (Indy mean Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana for example)

M G Thomsen

Steve Morse is a genius that put the census enumeration districts into one of his "One Step Tool" databases. This tool is especially valuable for large city (NY) research. Donald R. Snow recently has taught free class about using Steve Morse's One Step Programs. https://www.facebook.com/107368599368775/videos/888507291673320

His handout is available to download at https://www.dropbox.com/s/741tond8mimyv6d/2020-06-23-DonSnow-SteveMorsesOneStepPrograms.pdf?dl=0, or online and regularly updated at: https://uvtagg.org/classes/dons/dons-stevemorse.html.

 

BYU has 3 webinars "Using the Steve Morse One Step Method" Steve Morse One-Step Method by Barbara J. Starkey, she calls it "Thank-you Steve Morse." https://fh.lib.byu.edu/alphabetical-list/

 

LegacyUser

You might try a City Directory. They often have a reverse look-up where you look up the address and it tells you who lives there.

Carol Lou Hill

Thanks so much Marilyn. This is great. I need to brush up on this as well.