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Tax lists vs census
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Mickey Fournier <[log in to unmask]>
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Mickey Fournier <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 2 Sep 2006 13:27:47 -0400
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>Unlike the censuses, the tax collector did *not* visit the people. Various
sources
>indicate each person had to go to a designated location.

While you are absolutely right that folks had to go to the tax collector
rather than having him call on them, the order in which names were written
can still hold some good clues.  Often family members went as a group or one
person paid the taxes for several.



Mildred "Mickey" Fournier
1730 SE CR 252
Lake City, FL 32025
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>Unlike the censuses, the tax collector did *not* visit the people. Various
sources
>indicate each person had to go to a designated location.

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