Place of Birth is too vague
Another all to familiar scenario you undoubtedly will come across, is where you are researching your ancestor who, although they have mentioned a place of birth, the location mentioned, such as a country, state or parish, is to vague to be of any valuable use.
Some ways to narrow done your ancestors birth place include:
- Check census’s entries in the census’s before and after the one you are currently looking. You might find that they have actually given a more specific town or village.
- Check with your ancestor’s siblings and/or other family members on the census and see if they have given any more specific places of birth. Chance are that your ancestor was born in the same location
If you can think of any other way not mentioned here to find your ancestor in a census, please let me know.
Happy Hunting!