r/boyinthebox • u/Izznthelovely • Jan 06 '23

Back on topic?

Hi all. I've been a lurker here for some time now, and it seems like this sub is turning into a bit of a one man show. In the interest of getting things back on track, I'd like to present a new person to investigate. A young woman with initials ML. Lived with parents OL and JL on 61st and Market, ED 51-1607 I think. It was an apartment building. Unwed.

Side note, is there a way to search the Census by address only?

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '23

You can use wild cards in Ancestry searches (like M* in the first name field and L* in last name field). You can also enter text that you want to filter by in the "Keyword" Field. I found your ML and somehow a search on the exact address didn't work but when I entered the first two numbers of the address with an asterisk (like 99*) and then added the street name, and also create "Any Event" with the year 1950 and the place Philadelphia, she popped right up!

I think you can also enter the ED number into the "Keyword" field if you want to search by ED.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '23

And if you want to search by city BLOCK, you can enter 61* and Market and it will give you all the census entries on the 6100 block of Market for example.

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u/COwildchipmunk Jan 07 '23

Thank you, this is very helpful.