Non-population schedules of 1850-1880 are important to your genealogy research. Agricultural, mortality and DDD schedules hold info about your ancestors! Let’s jump outside of the genealogy box again and explore the non-population schedules. associated with the 1850 – 1880 U. S. federal census. You know the ones?  Those census schedules taken beside the “regular census” in 1850-1880 collecting a variety of additional information on the country’s population. The information you learn about your ancestors on these schedules can add to your understanding of your ancestors.   My interest in the federal non-population schedules when researching Panthea Overby Elliott. [Have you noticed I love researching the women in my family tree?…

This post contain affiliate links.  Read my full disclosure policy here. Jesse Haley of Halifax County, VA seemed to disappear from the records for a while in the mid-1800’s. Hmm….did he leave the area? Or was he just hidden in the records? Haley seems like a straight forward name to research with it most common misspelling being “Hailey”. Still, I struggled to find Jesse in the records. Has this happened to you? You might be not be finding your ancestor in search results for a variety of reasons. Why You Might Be Missing Your Ancestors in  Your Searches A surname may be “misspelled”. The surname was fluid. Take my Howard…