Thank you, Connie! I am deep diving into census records for the first time and kept finding young people and children living away from their families in a rural community. I was perplexed. Then I realised that you almost certainly had the answer - and here it is!!! My genealogy hobby has gotten so much less confusing since I found your channel!
I love you channel Connie!!! I've never sat through the commercials on TH-cam before but I am doing it for your videos. Hope it's a little change for your pocket.
In some cases you'll see dwelling numbers line up with city street numbers... but this is usually only in cities (in my experience). Not so much in 1850 but in later census records.
Thanks for the terrific information Connie! I loved the details you shared on the information to transcribe from each census record and how to cite it properly. I saw a short video of yours on using MS Word voice recognition to transcribe documents. Have you created a video showing 1) how to transcribe the census records as efficiently as possible and 2) and what kind of document to transcribe into for attaching the data to the person(s) in Ancestry and genealogy software, such as RootsMagic? I'm willing to work, but I'm 72 and would like to accomplish a lot in the time I have remaining on earth! Thanks!!
LOL Phil.. you crack up. You're 72 years young. Hey thanks for supporting the channel. To answer your Q's. 1) Try this episode... #1 Way to Break Down Brick Walls Updated 2020, th-cam.com/video/gxIVr9-PvUE/w-d-xo.html 2) I primarily stick with Ancestry.com...but I do use Family Tree Maker from time to time. It syncs with Ancestry. I use my own filing system (clean and neat), and don't always upload transcriptions to my software or Ancestry. I use Word documents because I try to keep things as professional as possible. Therefore, I transcribe into Word docs because I can add images of the document, source citations, my contact info, etc. So I don't want my personal info out in cyberspace if I can help it. Eventually, I hope all my digital docs will go the state archives some day. :) I hope that answered your questions.
@@GenealogyTV Thanks Connie! I did navigate the NARA website and I submitted for a paper copy, “certified” of the 1930 US CENSUS. For Italian Citizenship, the Italian judges require a “certified” paper copy of this document. Now the interesting thing is that the 1940 US CENSUS is not shown as being available to order to I emailed them and asked why this is so. It’s well past the 72 year privacy date. I was not able to find my grandparents in the 1920 US CENSUS which was disappointing because they arrived here in 1913. But hey, I’ll take what I can get.
I am enjoying your videos very much. Thank you so very, very much. This is the second video that I have watched where I have wanted to use the link or links you state you will have on here, but there wasn't any pertaining to the link(s) I was expecting to see. I did click on show more, but the link wasn't there. For this video, it was the link to amazon for the book, Evidence Explained. Just an FYI.
My apologies for the late reply. For some reason your comment was sent to spam. I've marked it as approved. I hope that doesn't happen again. The book "Evidence Explained" you're asking about is here. amzn.to/2V1CLXB If you have any questions, just ask. Thanks again for all of the nice comments. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. It's my passion. Thanks for watching Genealogy TV.
My apologies for the late reply. For some reason your comment was sent to spam. I've marked it as approved. I hope that doesn't happen again. The book "Evidence Explained" you're asking about is here. amzn.to/2V1CLXB If you have any questions, just ask. Thanks again for all of the nice comments. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. It's my passion. Thanks for watching Genealogy TV.
My apologies for the late reply. For some reason your comment was sent to spam. I've marked it as approved. I hope that doesn't happen again. The book "Evidence Explained" you're asking about is here. amzn.to/2V1CLXB If you have any questions, just ask. Thanks again for all of the nice comments. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. It's my passion. Thanks for watching Genealogy TV.
My apologies for the late reply. For some reason your comment was sent to spam. I've marked it as approved. I hope that doesn't happen again. The book "Evidence Explained" you're asking about is here. amzn.to/2V1CLXB If you have any questions, just ask. Thanks again for all of the nice comments. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. It's my passion. Thanks for watching Genealogy TV.
My apologies for the late reply. For some reason your comment was sent to spam. I've marked it as approved. I hope that doesn't happen again. The book "Evidence Explained" you're asking about is here. amzn.to/2V1CLXB If you have any questions, just ask. Thanks again for all of the nice comments. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. It's my passion. Thanks for watching Genealogy TV.
I've got a question too. Since addresses/street numbers change thru history I'm curious if the census docs have a gridded map or something that indicates what the equivalent location cited by the enumerator on the census line would be. I ask for the sake of using it to figure out exactly where the residence would be on a modern map without getting thrown off by house numbers/street names changing thru time.
Don't we wish. I had the same question. There are some maps for select years... but they are really hard to read, not indexed nor do they match the exact census page you might be looking at. Having said that, I have had success with postal maps. Some of the old post office maps showed a little tiny square representing a house and often listed the head of households name next to the square. Using those maps with census records, you can see how they walked door to door. Your best bet is to google old postal maps... but I'd start with your state archives. The era that I've had the most success was the late 1800's - early 1900's. Good luck!
Hi Connie, I would love for you to explain a Census of Blacks and how to source personal death records if Ancestry.com if you did not find it on Ancestry.com
Thank you, Connie! I am deep diving into census records for the first time and kept finding young people and children living away from their families in a rural community. I was perplexed. Then I realised that you almost certainly had the answer - and here it is!!! My genealogy hobby has gotten so much less confusing since I found your channel!
Thank you, Connie! I am deep diving into census records for the first time and kept finding young people and children living away from their families in a rural community. I was perplexed. Then I realised that you almost certainly had the answer - and here it is!!! My genealogy hobby has gotten so much less confusing since I found your channel!
I will be DLing those sheets..so much easier to read.. TY
You are so welcome!
Thank you, Connie! This was really helpful for me to see the span of all the censuses compared decade by decade.
I love you channel Connie!!! I've never sat through the commercials on TH-cam before but I am doing it for your videos. Hope it's a little change for your pocket.
Thank you!!!!
Hope you enjoy part two!
How can the dwelling number be used outside of the census to gather more information about a family? Especially in the 1850 and earlier ones.
In some cases you'll see dwelling numbers line up with city street numbers... but this is usually only in cities (in my experience). Not so much in 1850 but in later census records.
Thanks for the terrific information Connie! I loved the details you shared on the information to transcribe from each census record and how to cite it properly. I saw a short video of yours on using MS Word voice recognition to transcribe documents. Have you created a video showing 1) how to transcribe the census records as efficiently as possible and 2) and what kind of document to transcribe into for attaching the data to the person(s) in Ancestry and genealogy software, such as RootsMagic? I'm willing to work, but I'm 72 and would like to accomplish a lot in the time I have remaining on earth! Thanks!!
LOL Phil.. you crack up. You're 72 years young. Hey thanks for supporting the channel. To answer your Q's. 1) Try this episode... #1 Way to Break Down Brick Walls Updated 2020, th-cam.com/video/gxIVr9-PvUE/w-d-xo.html 2) I primarily stick with Ancestry.com...but I do use Family Tree Maker from time to time. It syncs with Ancestry. I use my own filing system (clean and neat), and don't always upload transcriptions to my software or Ancestry. I use Word documents because I try to keep things as professional as possible. Therefore, I transcribe into Word docs because I can add images of the document, source citations, my contact info, etc. So I don't want my personal info out in cyberspace if I can help it. Eventually, I hope all my digital docs will go the state archives some day. :) I hope that answered your questions.
@@GenealogyTV That was an excellent episode. Thanks!
My pleasure.
How do you get a certified copy of the 1920 US CENSUS from NARA?
I have not heard of getting a certified copy before, but a quick search and here you go... www.archives.gov/files/forms/pdf/natf-82.pdf
@@GenealogyTV Thanks Connie! I did navigate the NARA website and I submitted for a paper copy, “certified” of the 1930 US CENSUS. For Italian Citizenship, the Italian judges require a “certified” paper copy of this document. Now the interesting thing is that the 1940 US CENSUS is not shown as being available to order to I emailed them and asked why this is so. It’s well past the 72 year privacy date. I was not able to find my grandparents in the 1920 US CENSUS which was disappointing because they arrived here in 1913. But hey, I’ll take what I can get.
Was there a US Census for 1915? My lawyer in Italy is asking for this document. I am fairly certain it does not exist.
No. Only every 10 years. So 1900, 1910, 1920 etc. sometime there are state censuses on the 5’s but they differ by state and are few and far between.
I am enjoying your videos very much. Thank you so very, very much. This is the second video that I have watched where I have wanted to use the link or links you state you will have on here, but there wasn't any pertaining to the link(s) I was expecting to see. I did click on show more, but the link wasn't there. For this video, it was the link to amazon for the book, Evidence Explained. Just an FYI.
My apologies for the late reply. For some reason your comment was sent to spam. I've marked it as approved. I hope that doesn't happen again. The book "Evidence Explained" you're asking about is here. amzn.to/2V1CLXB If you have any questions, just ask. Thanks again for all of the nice comments. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. It's my passion. Thanks for watching Genealogy TV.
My apologies for the late reply. For some reason your comment was sent to spam. I've marked it as approved. I hope that doesn't happen again. The book "Evidence Explained" you're asking about is here. amzn.to/2V1CLXB If you have any questions, just ask. Thanks again for all of the nice comments. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. It's my passion. Thanks for watching Genealogy TV.
My apologies for the late reply. For some reason your comment was sent to spam. I've marked it as approved. I hope that doesn't happen again. The book "Evidence Explained" you're asking about is here. amzn.to/2V1CLXB If you have any questions, just ask. Thanks again for all of the nice comments. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. It's my passion. Thanks for watching Genealogy TV.
My apologies for the late reply. For some reason your comment was sent to spam. I've marked it as approved. I hope that doesn't happen again. The book "Evidence Explained" you're asking about is here. amzn.to/2V1CLXB If you have any questions, just ask. Thanks again for all of the nice comments. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. It's my passion. Thanks for watching Genealogy TV.
My apologies for the late reply. For some reason your comment was sent to spam. I've marked it as approved. I hope that doesn't happen again. The book "Evidence Explained" you're asking about is here. amzn.to/2V1CLXB If you have any questions, just ask. Thanks again for all of the nice comments. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. It's my passion. Thanks for watching Genealogy TV.
I've got a question too. Since addresses/street numbers change thru history I'm curious if the census docs have a gridded map or something that indicates what the equivalent location cited by the enumerator on the census line would be. I ask for the sake of using it to figure out exactly where the residence would be on a modern map without getting thrown off by house numbers/street names changing thru time.
Don't we wish. I had the same question. There are some maps for select years... but they are really hard to read, not indexed nor do they match the exact census page you might be looking at. Having said that, I have had success with postal maps. Some of the old post office maps showed a little tiny square representing a house and often listed the head of households name next to the square. Using those maps with census records, you can see how they walked door to door. Your best bet is to google old postal maps... but I'd start with your state archives. The era that I've had the most success was the late 1800's - early 1900's. Good luck!
@@GenealogyTV thanks Connie! This is helpful
Hi Connie, I would love for you to explain a Census of Blacks and how to source personal death records if Ancestry.com if you did not find it on Ancestry.com
Thank you, Connie! I am deep diving into census records for the first time and kept finding young people and children living away from their families in a rural community. I was perplexed. Then I realised that you almost certainly had the answer - and here it is!!! My genealogy hobby has gotten so much less confusing since I found your channel!
Wonderful! Thanks for watching.