1. 10,000 Volunteers Needed!
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...ITS!  Currently, there are 506 rolls of microfilm for the 1930 Mexican Census.  This is not indexed and it's very difficult to find any of your Mexican ancestors without going through e...

2. 1930 U.S. Federal Census
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...  Language spoken in home before come to the United States. Code-(For office use only.  Do not write in these columns): 24)  State or M.T. (A) 25)  Country (B) 26)  Na...

3. 1910 U.S. Federal Census
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...er naturalization or alien. 19)  Line Number. 20)  Whether able to speak English; or, if not, give language spoken. Occupation: 21)  Trade or profession of, or particular kind o...

4. 1900 U.S. Federal Census
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...rade, or Profession – of each person Ten Years of age and over. 22) Occupation 23) Months not employed Education: 24) Attended school (in months) 25) Can read 26) Can write 27) ...

5. 1890 U.S. Federal Census
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...water into the building and flooded the cellar through holes cut into the concrete floor. The fire did not go above the basement, seemingly thanks to a fireproofed floor. By 9:45 p.m. the fire was ext...

6. 1880 U.S. Federal Census
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...bedridden, or otherwise disabled. Education: 21) Attended school within the Census year. 22) Cannot read 23) Cannot write Nativity: 24) Place of Birth of this person, naming State or Terr...

7. Census Soundex Info.
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...a, or Le, code both with and without the prefix because the surname might be listed under either code. Note, however, that Mc and Mac are not considered prefixes. For example, VanDeusen might b...

8. 1870 U.S. Federal Census
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...in the year, state month (Jan, & c.). 15) Attended School within the year. Education: 16) Cannot read. 17) Cannot write. 18) Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or con...

9. 1860 U.S. Federal Census
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...lue of Personal Estate".  So, they wanted to get a better idea of the exact worth of people, not just their land worth. 1)  Dwelling-houses numbered in the order of visitation. ...

10. 1850 U.S. Federa Census Info.
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...hat can throw us off 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 ...

11. 1840 U.S. Federal Census
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...Scholars at Public charge. 82)  No. of white persons over 20 years of age in each family who cannot read and write. ...

12. 1830 U.S. Federal Census
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...interesting! O.K., so here's the information for the 1830 Federal Census.  As you will notice, they added more information this decade.  They have added categories that inclu...

13. 1820 U.S. Federal Census Info.
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...ies. 14) Free White Females of forty-five and upwards, including heads of families. 15) Foreigners not Naturalized. 16) Numbers of persons engaged in Agriculture. 17) Numbers of persons engage...

14. 1810 U.S. Federal Census
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...ed by bureaucratic error. Also, the information that the Assistant Marshall's collected did not differ from the information collected in the 1800 Federal Census.  You will see that thi...

15. 1800 Census Info. to Glean
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...Going door-to-door in all kinds of weather and covering various terrain had to be a lot of work.  Not all areas were neighborhoods and sometimes going farm to farm would require miles and miles o...

16. Notebook Organization
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To achieve the goal of having an organized Genealogy notebook, buy the right sized note book.  I typically buy a 3 ring binder with one inch rings that has a zipper enclosure that goes c

17. 2007 Genealogy Notebook Goal
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...ILY, when I go to the library and such.  It's important to make small goals so that we're not so overwhelmed that we fail.  We all want our 10 generation or more chart done but it ta...

18. CEMETERY TRIPS IV
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...e.  Depending on the paper and the headstone you can vary the pressure of the rubbing but be sure not to rip the paper or color on the headstone.   You'll see that after patience an...

19. CEMEMTERY TRIPS III
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...ies may have holes in the ground where you are walking.  Unfortunately, those cemeteries that are not as well cared for may have had a burial site that has fallen in somewhat.  Wooden casket...

20. CEMETERY TRIPS II
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...can be very sad.  People don't often realize that there is a cemetery there because they were not maintained by a church or a company.  Often black people and slaves had wooden crosses, ...

21. CEMETERY TRIPS I
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...ill have them indexed by last name.  Within the obituaries that you find, there is often a notation of where the deceased is buried.  This will be your main clue.  Also, if one o...

22. LDS AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY RESOURCE
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...e African American genealogical sources. The new Web page will also have digital downloads of keynote speakers and certain classes from this year’s AAHGS conference. In 2001, the Chur...

23. MARVELOUS MICROFILMS III
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...n one of several film widths.  You will need to go to a microfilm viewing station that may or may not be automatic.  The ones that we have for viewing at our Family History Center are manual...

24. ORDERING MARVELOUS MICROFILMS II
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...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 are the categories: Place...

25. EASY ANCESTOR FILE SHORT-CUT
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...our ancestors information with you in a small container to any location that you might be going. Another tip, if you want, you can now buy different colors of Rolodex cards.  Then you can co...