Category: Census

PODCAST Episode 202: A Family Horror Story (with transcript)

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PODCAST Episode 202: A Family Horror Story (with transcript)
Accessible, Ancestry, Ancestry.com, Best Evidence, Best Practices, Census, Death Records, Documents, Federal Census, History, My Discoveries, Names, Patreon, Podcast, Podcast episode, Research, Show Notes

Wow, was this weekend big! Correcting one set of errors about my grand-aunt led me to find an absolutely horrific story about her, her husband, and her children. I’m telling it to you in all its gory glory, ruminating a bit on how my great-grandparents were responsible for parts of it, and drawing what genealogical … Read More “PODCAST Episode 202: A Family Horror Story (with transcript)” »

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PODCAST Episode 28: Interview with Amy Johnson Crow – Indexing and Arbitration

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PODCAST Episode 28: Interview with Amy Johnson Crow – Indexing and Arbitration
Arbitration, Birth Records, Census, Death Records, Documents, FamilySearch, Federal Census, Find-a-Grave, Indexing, Ko-Fi, Patreon, Podcast, Podcast episode, Public Records, Reclaim the Records

Have you ever wondered where all of those digitized versions of birth records, census pages, or city directories come from? Well, there is no Genealogy Stork. While quite a few organizations provide opportunities and services, the primary way that records are turned from physical page to scanned image to searchable electronic data is a process … Read More “PODCAST Episode 28: Interview with Amy Johnson Crow – Indexing and Arbitration” »

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PODCAST Episode 27: Ancestry – What I Hate About New (with transcript)

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PODCAST Episode 27: Ancestry – What I Hate About New (with transcript)
Accessible, Ancestry, Ancestry.com, Best Evidence, Best Practices, Census, DNA, Federal Census, GEDmatch.com, How To, Ko-Fi, Patreon, Podcast, Podcast episode, Possible Parents, Research, Show Notes

Ancestry’s Summer of Pain seems to have ended, but what does Autumn look like? And have they left us in the Winter of our discontent? They’re answering their phones again, the screens seem more stable, but their primary new feature, Potential Parents, is a wolf in sheep’s clothing for any genealogist who wants to use … Read More “PODCAST Episode 27: Ancestry – What I Hate About New (with transcript)” »

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PODCAST Episode 22: How To Build a Life – John Joseph Dalain (with transcript)

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PODCAST Episode 22: How To Build a Life – John Joseph Dalain (with transcript)
Accessible, Ancestry, Ancestry.com, Best Practices, Biography, Birth Records, Census, Death Records, Documents, Family Lore, FamilySearch, Federal Census, Find-a-Grave, Folklore, History, How To, Marriage Records, My Discoveries, Podcast, Podcast episode, Research, Show Notes

I talk a lot about component parts, or the basic how-to’s of handling records, but what about the how-to’s of building one person’s life in your family tree? Genealogy has become an immediate-gratification online phenomenon, but it’s not always that at all. How long should a 21st-century online researcher be expected to wait before work … Read More “PODCAST Episode 22: How To Build a Life – John Joseph Dalain (with transcript)” »

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PODCAST Episode 16: Hygienealogy 2 – The Federal Census

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PODCAST Episode 16: Hygienealogy 2 – The Federal Census
Ancestry, Ancestry.com, Best Practices, Census, FamilySearch, Federal Census, Podcast, Podcast episode, Research, Shrubbing

Understanding the historical genesis and management of the decennial Federal Census, the digitization or “indexing” of the Census by FamilySearch, and the proper utilization of Census records in Ancestry is important to good Hygienealogy. And in Ancestry, Federal Census records don’t always work the same way – some add all family members to your tree … Read More “PODCAST Episode 16: Hygienealogy 2 – The Federal Census” »

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