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A few of the words

CENSUS
The United States has counted its people every ten years since 1790, and the records are released to the public after 72 years, which is why genealogists love them.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SURNAME
Spellings drifted a lot when clerks wrote names by ear, so the same family can appear under three versions in three decades.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
LINEAGE
It comes from the old French word for a line of descent, which is just what a tree chart draws.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Family tree word search, free and printable with no sign-up. Ancestors, old census pages and the branches that lead back to somebody's grandmother.

About The Family Tree

Most family trees start at a kitchen table with a shoebox of photographs and one person asking who that is standing next to Great-Aunt Ida. From there it's census pages, ship manifests, church registers and a lot of squinting at handwriting. The U.S. census has named every household since 1790, and the 1950 returns are open to anyone with a library card and an evening to spare. The patient ones end up with a name and a village they'd never heard of, and a new reason to call a cousin.

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    Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last. The trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
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    Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
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    It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft color on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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