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OMB No. 0607-0117

Before a search can be made of the census records for the person you requested, you must furnish an
address and the name of the person with whom they were living (head of household). Please review
the instructions below and complete the information on the next page. If the information requested is
not received within 90 days, this request will be closed.
INSTRUCTIONS
To make it possible to locate an individual’s census record the applicant must provide thorough and
accurate address information FOR THE DAY THESE CENSUSES WERE TAKEN.
• If residing in a city, it is necessary to furnish the house number, the name of the street, city,
county, state, and the name of the parent or other head of household with whom residing at
the time of the census. 1970-2020 Request – It is VERY IMPORTANT to provide a house
number and street name or rural route and box number. Always include a ZIP Code.
• If residing in a rural area, it is VERY IMPORTANT to furnish the township, district, precinct or
beat, AND the direction and number of miles from the nearest town. You may also include a
map of where the person lived to aid in locating the applicant for the census year requested.
The map may be hand-drawn, or an existing printed map on which the applicant clearly marks
where the person lived. The map should include physical features like landmarks, intersecting
roads, closest towns, etc.
Return this letter after completing the table on the next page to:
U.S. Census Bureau
Personal Census Search Unit
PO Box 1545
Jeffersonville, IN 47131-0001.
IF YOU NEED HELP, call 812–218–3046, Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. Eastern
Time

DRAFT BC-658(L)

Census date

Number and street

City, town, township

County and State

Name of person with
whom living
(head of household)

April 15, 1910
Jan. 1, 1920
April 1, 1930
April 1, 1940
April 1, 1950
April 1, 1960
April 1, 1970
ZIP Code
April 1, 1980
ZIP Code
April 1, 1990
ZIP Code
April 1, 2000
ZIP Code
April 1, 2010
ZIP Code
April 1, 2020
ZIP Code

The average time it should take you to fill out the information requested on this letter (BC-658)
including the time spent reading instructions, is 6 minutes. This collection of information has been
approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The eight-digit OMB approval number that
appears at the top of page 1 confirms this approval. If this number were not displayed, respondents
would not be required to respond. Send any comments concerning this collection by email to
<[email protected]>. Use "Paperwork Reduction Project 0607-0117" as the subject.
The information provided to us may be shared with other Census Bureau staff for the work-related
purposes per the published routine uses as identified in the Privacy Act System of Records Notice
COMMERCE/Census-6, Population Census Records for 1910 and All Subsequent Decennial Censuses.
Furnishing this information is voluntary. Failure to do so may affect the Census Bureau’s ability to
provide the information requested.
The U.S. Census Bureau is required by law to protect your information. The Census Bureau is not
permitted to publicly release your responses in a way that could identify you or your household. Title
13, United States Code, Section 8(a) permits release to the person whom the information pertains or
to their legal representative. Several Federal laws protect your privacy and keeps your answers
confidential (Title 5, U.S.C., Section 552a and Title 13, U.S.C., Section 9).