Non-population schedules were schedules that were created as an adjunct to the “normal” population census” that was gathered every ten years and still is. Essentially they were gathered to obtain information on special subsets of the population for the government to determine what resources needed to be applied to these special subsets and to obtain […]
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To access online Social Security information regarding application (SS-5 form) data, death, and claim forms, you use the online NUMIDENT database. What’s a NUMIDENT you might ask? It is short for the Social Security Administration’s Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT). There are three types of entries in NUMIDENT: death, application (SS-5), and claim records. For those […]
The Library of Congress Digital Collections are large and growing. Currently, there are over 1,000 unique collections. You should definitely incorporate this massive set of collections into your genealogy research. They are divided into 16 different topics (the number of collections is in brackets): You can see all the specific collections by selecting a topic. […]
[UPDATED] – 14,625 total Named Victorian-era photos are now in their database, and the price has been reduced by 60%!] Recently I became aware of a new website – “Ancestor Photos” Essentially, it provides scanned copies of Victorian-era photographs. The database numbers in the thousands and includes (from the website): “We provide a unique opportunity […]
As genealogists and historians, we strive to know more about our ancestors and other subject people. It is imperative, especially as family historians that we research and understand the locales, surroundings, and events that occurred during their lifetimes. While we constantly look for new records, we must also research history, including local history. There are […]
Recently I interviewed Brandon Camp, the CMO of Storied, and the questions and answers are below. Today they announced their new product called Storied. It is an exciting new service that has outstanding potential for family historians to capture their ancestors’ stories. You can read the press release at https://storied.com/resources/media-2023-jan-rebrand/. They have rebranded World Archives […]
When researching our ancestors, one of our most important goals is to determine where they lived. This information is key to finding other aspects of their lives, whether they be local or state vital records or newspapers where there might be further information about them. Most folks limit their search to the obvious repositories, whether […]
A very nice new collection was just announced by the Digital Library of Georgia. From the press release: “New collection features over 50 years of digitized African American funeral programs from Evans County, Georgia, and are now available freely online. Selected by statewide cultural heritage stakeholders and funded by the DLG’s competitive digitization grant program, […]
Laying out your ancestors’ important events in a visual way is a great way to analyze their lives and compare them to others in your family tree. Personally, I like using timeline software applications as a way to display these events for some branches of my family tree. If you like, it is a visual […]