Help with searching on Ancestry Please

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Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 521 Send Message	KarenInScotland	Report	14 Mar 2005 14:42
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 521 Send Message	I am newly subscribed to Ancestry and still feeling my way around. Can anyone tell me if you can search on a specific census?
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Sarah	Report	14 Mar 2005 14:45
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Hi Karen On Ancestry's home page there shoul be the option to search censuses. I think it's at the bottom of the page in the 'more genealogy' box. That will then take you to a list of censuses available and you can choose which you'd like to search.
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 2,591 Send Message	Sandra	Report	14 Mar 2005 14:45
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 2,591 Send Message	HI kAREN if you click on census info before searching a name it brings up the different ones, that you can search hope this helps sandra
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 521 Send Message	KarenInScotland	Report	14 Mar 2005 14:51
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 521 Send Message	Sarah & Sandra - Thank you - its so simple when you know how! I was going straight to searching records, ignoring the home page, have given it a try am now sorted - thanks for the quick responses