Tuesday’s Tip: Census Records, an Interesting Public Resource for Genealogy Research
Posted by Liv | Filed under Tuesday's Tips
ow that you’ve collected as much information as you can from within your family to complete your Family Group Sheets and Pedigree Charts (refer to my post, “Five Steps to Getting Started with Your Family Research,“ for more information), it’s time to begin looking for your ancestors in public records. Census Records are a very good [...]
Tags: abstracted records, ancestry.com, CD-ROM, census microfilm, census records, Clayton Library Center, family group sheets, Family History Library, familysearch.org, Heritage Quest, national archives, online census records, pedigree charts, USGenWeb Project
My First 1940 US Census Find!
Posted by Liv | Filed under Research
Are you wondering how the indexing of the 1940 Census is going? Yes?! Then visit FamilySearch.org to get their status on image availability by state. The entire 1940 census will be indexed by a community of volunteers and made FREE to the public at Family Search for perpetuity!
Tags: 1940 census, ancestors, birdie aldridge, birdie green, enumeration districts, familysearch.org, genealogy, great-grandmother, kansas, Katy Railroad, Labette County. KS, M.K.& T, Morgan Aldridge, parsons, Parsons City Ward, paternal ancestors, texas
Tuesday’s Tip: Five Online Resources to Jump-start Your Family Research
Posted by Liv | Filed under Tuesday's Tips
I want to thank family and friends for all the positive feedback I’ve received about my post, Five Steps to Getting Started with Your Family Research! Since I’m asked regularly about my research process, I decided to share those “how-to” instructions on this site. Now whenever I am asked how I started my family research, [...]
Tags: ancestors, ancestry.com, Cyndi's List, family history, familysearch.org, findagrave.com, genealogical research, genealogy, RootsWeb, USGenWeb
