Introductions

About This Class

Mic’s Philosophies of Genealogy

1) No Record Group in the United States Was Ever Created for Genealogical Purposes.

2) Absence of Proof, Is Not Proof of Absence

3) Seek Information, Not Affirmation

4) Follow the Money!

Review Censuses 1850-1930

History of US Census Enumerations

http://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/enumproc1.shtml

Prologue Magazine Genealogy Notes

http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/genealogy-notes.html#census

Census Questions 1850-2000

http://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/tEnumForm.shtml

10 Tips for finding Censuses

http://genealogy.about.com/od/census/a/census_search.htm

Emphasis on Censuses 1790-1840

Clues in the Census 1790-1840

 http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1790-1840.html

Digging for Details From Pre-1850 US Census Records

http://genealogy.about.com/od/census/a/pre_1850_us.htm
Historical Atlases and Maps of US and States

http://mapofus.org

Reconstructed Censuses 1790

http://www.ancestry.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Reconstructed_1790_Census_Schedules

Census Indexes and Finding Aids

http://www.ancestry.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Census_Indexes_and_Finding_Aids

Using Censuses to find Birth Year

http://mesafsl.org/MyExpo/Conference2013/PDF/Brown-Handout%201790-1850%20US%20Federal%20Census.pdf

Historical Maps of US

http://www.genealogyinc.com/maps/

Censuses at Cyndislist.com

http://www.cyndislist.com/census.htm

Internet Census Databases

Censuses Online

http://www.census-online.com/

Census Forms From Family Tree Magazine

http://www.familytreemagazine.com/forms/download.html

Genealogy Search Org Free Forms

http://www.genealogysearch.org/free/forms.html

Rootsweb

http://www.Rootsweb.com

Steve Morris Census Site

http://stevemorse.org/#us

Internet Websites

Calculating Birth Years Using Census Records-Barry Ewell

http://genealogybybarry.com/genealogy-using-census-calculate-birth-year-ancestor/

Tom Nunamaker’s Age Calculator British Census

http://toshop.com/censuscalc.cfm

Find Enumeration Districts-Steve Morris Page

http://stevemorse.org/ed/ed.php?year=1930&state=AL&keywords

Find Counties of Cities-Steve Morris Page

http://stevemorse.org/census/counties.html

US Census UsGenweb Project

http://www.us-census.org/inventory/

US Census On Rootsweb.com

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cenfiles/index.html

Mortality Schedules Online

http://mortalityschedules.com/

Clues in Non-Populations Schedules

http://www.archives.gov/research/census/nonpopulation/index.html

Indian Census Rolls

http://www.archives.gov/research/census/native-americans/index.html

Indian Censuses-

http://accessgenealogy.com

Subject Index National Archives

http://www.archives.gov/global-pages/subject-index.html

Prologue Magazine

http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/