A good chart from Ancestry.com [free] displays a comparison of census information, 1790-1940. The chart is on the 1940 Census Wiki page. Very helpful when trying to determine what census asked questions such as “Month of birth” (don’t we wish that was asked on ALL of them!) Link: Comparison of Census Information, 1790-1940. Photo by… Read More »
Tonight I was going through some of the news headlines and came upon this one. It struck my funny bone.
It’s a short article, published today and an interesting read. Especially …
Quick & Easy Access to Latest Updates to NEAGS Site Now Available
Now when you come to the home page (and possibly on other pages as well), you’ll find a Latest Updates “widget” section. Links to pages or posts will display with those which have received a recent significant update. [Correcting typos is not a significant update.]
Why is this important to you? Do you know what an unindexed record is? What if you wanted to find those in a specific state, like Alabama? Did you know there was a census in Alabama in 1856 that is unindexed? And your search doesn’t look there.
If any ONE of those questions gets your attention, you’ll want to read this post.
Alabama does not have a central online repository for searching historical newspapers.