1. YOUR GENEALOGY HELP SOURCE
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Glad you're here!!!  Tampa Bay Roots makes genealogy research easier for you!  You'll find great ideas and tips for you right here! Please take a look at our menu items, arti

2. 1930 U.S. Federal Census
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1930 U.S. Federal Census 1) Line number. Place of Abode: 2)  Street, avenue, road, etc. 3)  House number (in cities or towns). 4)  Number of dwelling house in order of v

3. 1920 U.S. Federal Census
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1920 U.S. Federal Census 1) Line number. Place of Abode: 2)  Street, avenue, road, etc. 3)  House number or farm. 4)  Dwelling Number. 5)  Number of family, in o

4. 1910 U.S. Federal Census
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1910 U.S. Federal Census 1)  Line number Location: 2)  Street, Avenue, Road, etc. 3)  House number or farm 4)  Dwelling Number 5)  Number of family, in order

5. 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

6. 1890 U.S. Federal Census
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...ryone went home. The morning after was an archivist's nightmare, with ankle-deep water covering records in many areas. Although the basement vault was considered fireproof and watertight, w...

7. 1880 U.S. Federal Census
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The 1880 U.S. Federal Census is the first decade of census records that was indexed with the Soundex.  This makes it a lot easier to find your relatives even if their last name is spelled wrong

8. Census Soundex Info.
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O.k., here we enter into the error of the "SOUNDEX"!  Our U.S. Federal Census records have increased dramatically along with the population.  There are so many people now that it

9. 1870 U.S. Federal Census
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The 1870 U.S. Federal Census has increased, again, the amount of questions asked.  The questions are becoming more specific and this is when male U.S. Citizenship became a question. 1)&n

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 1850 U.S. Federa Census Info.
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...s blanks that are filled in and it seems to be more uniform.  This is a plus since some of the census records prior to this time, had a little bit of variance that can throw us off if we are look...

14. 1840 U.S. Federal Census
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...rom the Revolutionary War and other Military services.  That can lead you to the actual military records that you can request from the National Archives.  This can be a wealth of inform...

15. 1830 U.S. Federal Census
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Did you know that at the time of the 1830 Federal Census there were only 24 States in the United States of America?  Kind of interesting! O.K., so here's the information for the 1830

16. 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

17. 1810 U.S. Federal Census
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Sadly, most of the 1810 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

18. 1800 Census Info. to Glean
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...gy was not very comfortable.  Thanks to their hard work, it has enabled us to have the Federal Census records microfilmed.  A true blessing for our genealogy work today! Well, th...

19. Federal Census Gleaning
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...and we are working backwards to find them!  Haha!  As you move through the Federal Census records you will see that each of the census periods has different information.  This is...

20. Census Records = Genealogy Info.
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Census Records are an incredible resource for genealogy!  The U.S. Federal Census began in 1790 under the responsibility of Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. The statistical informati

21. www.DeadFred.com
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... to the relatives but it's at least a place where they can make copies of them and have them for their records.  There are even stores that allow you to take a disc of scanned photos i...

22. Safely Storing Paper & Computer Records
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...ne copy or that it was lost in a fire or other disaster.  It's so precious to have such wonderful records.  Handle them with kid gloves! Good luck! ...

23. Notebook Organization
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...mily is a great idea.  I have been able to keep pretty organized this way.  Dividing by types of records is good as well.  It just depends on what's comfortable for you.  ...

24. LDS AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY RESOURCE
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...asses from this year’s AAHGS conference. In 2001, the Church released the Freedman’s Bank Records — documents that contained information regarding several generations of African...

25. FOREIGN COUNTRIES
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...British Consulate there in Samoa because her Great Grandfather was from Britian.  We decided to order records of registration so that we could potentially find her Great Grandfather's records...