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31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips – The 1890 Census Fragments
July is completely focused on providing you with genealogy tips that are …..well,….”out of the box”. Welcome to DAY 19 of the 31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips series! Need to start at the beginning of the series or catch up? Start here. DAY 19 – The 1890 Census Fragments The loss of the 1890 census record stalls many genealogists in their research. But, it does not have to! Did you know some 1890 fragments of the census DID survive?! According the the National Archives (NARA), fragments of the 6 parts of the census surviving include Parts of the population schedule – Over 6100 individuals in 10…
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31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips – Non-Population Schedules
What are those U.S. Census Non-Population Schedules? July is completely focused on providing you with genealogy tips that are …..well,….”out of the box”. Welcome to DAY 18 of the 31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips series! Need to start at the beginning of the series or catch up? Start here. DAY 18 – Explore U.S. Census Non-Population Schedules Non-population schedules of the U.S. census were created along with the 1850-1880 census and used to gather data on unique segments of the population. The purpose of the special schedules was to determine the types of resources the government needed, how to allocate them, as well as looking at…
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31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips – Mortality Schedules
Are you familiar with the 1850-1880 mortality schedules? July is completely focused on providing you with genealogy tips that are …..well,….”out of the box”. Welcome to DAY 17 of the 31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips series! Need to start at the beginning of the series or catch up? Start here. DAY 17 – Explore the Mortality Schedules Having trouble finding an ancestor’s death date? Today’s tip is quick, but oh so important! Mortality schedules can hold the clue to your ancestor’s death date and other information on your ancestor. The mortality schedule is one of the non-population schedules created for specific census years. For the census…
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31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips – Twitter Chats
July 2018 is completely focused on providing you with genealogy tips that are …..well,….”out of the box”. Welcome to DAY 16 of the 31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips series! Need to start at the beginning of the series or catch up? Start here. DAY 16 – Join Twitter Chats! Ever wonder if using Twitter could help your genealogy? Twitter and genealogy together mean social collaboration with other genealogists! Genealogy focused Twitter chats are usually an hour or so long and focus on a specific topic related to research. For example, the #Genchat Twitter chats have focused recently on NARA, female ancestors and planning an ancestral tour.…