Conscription, Draft, Selective Service Records The law regarding Selective Service- Present Day (2021) According to law, a man must register with Selective Service within 30 days of his 18th birthday. Selective Service accepts late registrations up until a man reaches his 26th birthday. Failure to register is a felony and non-registrants may be denied the following […]

Ages of Servicemen when serving in a War https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Ages_of_Servicemen_in_Wars Ages of men serving in wars Worldwide- Current https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_enlistment_age_by_country Where Records might be found: Online: Subsciption Ancestry-Subscription Find My Past-Subscription Online-Free: Google https://google.com Family Tree Magazine- Best Military Websites https://www.familytreemagazine.com/best-military-records-websites/ Fold 3- Subscription- BUT free through most Texas library websites Heritage Quest- Access through your local […]

State Censuses The Kansas State Board of Agriculture conducted a census of the state in 1905 (questionnaire above). The census collected the names of all members of household and their age, sex, race or color, and state or country of birth. The census also collected information about members’ state or country of origin and military […]

Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840 Experienced genealogical researchers use clues found in one record to find other records about the same individual. This page describes some of the clues found in census records. Reasons for a Census in the United States: Consitutional The census is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.  Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution calls […]

Clues in Census Records, 1850-1890 Experienced genealogical researchers use clues found in one record to find other records about the same individual. This page describes some of the clues found in census records. Where to Find Census Records Online: Listings: Use CyndisList  http://CyndisList.com  as a finding aid for discovering anything about censuses or anything genealogical Free:                 […]

Clues in Census Records, 1900-1940 Summary Experienced genealogical researchers use clues found in one record to find other records about the same individual. This page describes some of the clues for further research found in census records. Where to Find Census Records Online: Listings: http://CyndisList.com Free:                 Family Search.Org                 Heritage Quest- Available through libraries/Texshare Subscription:                 […]

Clues in Census Records, 1900-1940 Summary Experienced genealogical researchers use clues found in one record to find other records about the same individual. This page describes some of the clues for further research found in census records. Where to Find Census Records Online: Listings: http://CyndisList.com Free:                 Family Search.Org                 Heritage Quest- Available through libraries/Texshare Subscription:                 […]

The apartment building at the top of this page was my residence when the 1950 census was conducted. I will have to wait until April 1st 2022 to see what the census says, but I will be able to view the census the day it is released to the public because I have done my […]

Preparing For the 1950 Census Background Censuses have been taken in the United States every ten years since 1790, the latest being 2020. The last census available for public viewing is currently the 1940 Census Since 1942 censuses were released to the public after being closed for 72 years except the 1900 Census which was […]