1. YOUR GENEALOGY HELP SOURCE
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...ere! Please take a look at our menu items, articles and links.  They will give you a great deal of information to help you along your way. The more information that you find on your...

2. 10,000 Volunteers Needed!
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...t know about you, but wading through 506 rolls of microfilm is Very Overwhelming!    Some of the information that can be obtained on the 1930 Mexican Census is a persons name, age, relig...

3. 1900 U.S. Federal Census
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The 1900 U.S. Federal Census has increased in information again!  1) Line Number Location: In Cities: 2) Street 3) House number 4) Number of dwelling house in the order of visi

4. 1860 U.S. Federal Slave Schedule
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1860 Slave Schedules & 1860 U.S. Federal Census – Slave Schedules.  As you can see, this information didn't change much from the prior Slave Schedule.  Thank goodness th

5. 1860 U.S. Federal Census
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1860 U.S. Federal Census information is about the same as the last decade.  The only thing that was added was the "Value of Personal Estate".  So, they wanted to get a better ide

6. 1850 U.S. Slave Schedule
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1850 was the first of two years that they did a U.S. Federal Slave Schedule.  This is the information that it included.  This is such a blessing for black americans that want to tra

7. 1850 U.S. Federa Census Info.
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...ff if we are looking at different state's records.  Also, you'll notice that the amount of information had decreased this decade!  This is just another wave in the Census Ocea...

8. 1840 U.S. Federal Census
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... to the actual military records that you can request from the National Archives.  This can be a wealth of information. Also, it asked people if they were Blind, Dumb, Insane or Idiots.&nbs...

9. 1830 U.S. Federal Census
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...were only 24 States in the United States of America?  Kind of interesting! O.K., so here's the information for the 1830 Federal Census.  As you will notice, they added more inform...

10. 1820 U.S. Federal Census Info.
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The 1820 Federal Census was a little more detailed.  You'll see that they added categories breaking down the ages of the Slaves and the Free Colored Persons.  This gave them a better p

11. 1810 U.S. Federal Census
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...10 Federal Census was damaged in a fire in 1921 and was then destroyed by bureaucratic error. Also, the information that the Assistant Marshall's collected did not differ from the informati...

12. 1800 Census Info. to Glean
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The Assistant Marshall's that went door to door and acquired the household information on their assigned area residents had to be in good physical shape!  Going door-to-door in all ki

13. Federal Census Gleaning
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The Federal Census has a wealth of information and it's our job to become "Glean Machines" to put this information to good use.  This means that we glean or harvest as much inform

14. Census Records = Genealogy Info.
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...l Census began in 1790 under the responsibility of Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. The statistical information that a census taker collected changed a lot over the years and continues to c...

15. Safely Storing Paper & Computer Records
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..., you can never be too careful!  Plus, keeping so many copies is a great way to share your information with others! So, please backup and/or copy everything that you have!&n...

16. CEMETERY TRIPS IV
(Genealogy Tid-Bits/Cemetery Information)

...eaned, clipped around and pulled grass/weeds from the headstone of your ancestor it's time to get the information that you're looking for.   Taking pictures of a headstone are e...

17. CEMETERY TRIPS I
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...cation within the cemetery but you should at least seach it out.  Obituaries can give you a lot of information if they are written well.  Unfortunately, some obituaries are not very d...

18. LDS AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY RESOURCE
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This is some great news that we found today!  It's great!  This is awesome information for African American Genealogy research.    Church Launches African American Ge

19. FOREIGN COUNTRIES
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...f registration so that we could potentially find her Great Grandfather's records.  This is new information to me and I thought that I would share it with you.  Please keep in mind...

20. MARVELOUS MICROFILMS III
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...t your mind.  After five minutes, sometimes it all clears up for you.  Just plain finding the information on the film can take a lot of time if it is not laid out in some type of orde...

21. ORDERING MARVELOUS MICROFILMS II
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...bsp; Click on, "Family History Library Catalog". This page is where you want to go to look for information.  You will notice the menu on the right side of the screen.  These ...

22. ORDERING MARVELOUS MICROFILMS I
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...e to narrow down your search and/or widen your search as much as possible!  If you are looking for information about a city, sometimes the city information is kept at the County level...

23. EASY ANCESTOR FILE SHORT-CUT
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... Have you ever gone to a library looking for your family members but forgot that one piece of paper with their information on it that you needed?  I know that I have.  Once you have progress...

24. KEEPING NOTES
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I jot down notes on little pieces of paper as well as on papers inside of my genealogy notebook.  Through the years I have gone through my notebook and found notes that meant very little to me

25. STRIKING CENSUS GOLD
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...isit me.  She and I thought that we were related but were not positive.  So, we set out to find some information on our families.  After she filled out a pedigree chart on my side of th...