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==General Overview==
==General Overview==
The two most common tax records found are [[Real Property|real property]] and [[Personal Property|personal property]] tax records. Other types of tax records may include but is not limited to [[Delinquent Taxes|delinquent taxes]], inheritance tax duplicates, incorporated companies, and assessment records.
The two most common tax records found are [[Real Property|real property]] and [[Personal Property|personal property]] tax records. Other types of tax records may include but are not limited to [[Delinquent Taxes|delinquent taxes]], inheritance tax duplicates, incorporated companies, and assessment records.
Property tax lists can be useful for several reasons. They serve as a substitute census by helping the researcher determine when an individual migrated to the region and when he moved from the area. They place a particular individual in a particular place at a particular time, very similar to [[Census|census]] records and [[Directories|directories]]. The main difference is taxes were collected each year. Federal census records were recorded every 10 years. Mid-20th century directories were recorded every two years in Wayne County, Ohio and Wooster. 19th-century directories for our area do not exist on a regular schedule.
Property tax lists can be useful for several reasons. They serve as a substitute census by helping the researcher determine when an individual migrated to the region and when he moved from the area. They place a particular individual in a particular place at a particular time, very similar to [[Census|census]] records and [[Directories|directories]]. The main difference is taxes were collected each year. Federal census records were recorded every 10 years. Mid-20th century directories were recorded every two years in Wayne County, Ohio and Wooster. 19th-century directories for our area do not exist on a regular schedule.