Category Archives: U.S. Census

You may not be searching all the records at FamilySearch

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

How do you use FamilySearch for family history research? Do you search from the home screen? Do you use the newer filtering search they’ve implemented? Have you ever browsed through or search their list of collections? FamilySearch has over 2 billion … Continue reading →

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Cemetery “Data Mining”

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

Call it a method. Call it a resource. Whatever you call it, I’ve stumbled into something that is providing a wealth of information about non-direct line ancestors. Depending on the amount of information one has in their personal genealogy, I … Continue reading →

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Free Genealogy/Dedicated Volunteers

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

The USGenWeb project is one of my favorite free resources to use online.  From the main page you can jump to one of the 50 state pages. From there you can select one of the many county pages for your … Continue reading →

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How to bridge the gap between the 1880 & 1900 Census

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

Bridging the 1890 Census Gap “It’s there staring you in the face as you look over the records you’ve collected for your ancestor; it’s a gap in your research that’s taunting you. Yes, it’s the dreaded 1890 census gap. U.S. … Continue reading →

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