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DATABASES OF THE
DAY(Free for 10 Days!)
Clarke, Ontario, Census
Records, 1901
Located just west of Toronto, in Durham County, the town of
Clarke was once known as Newport. This database is a collection
of census records compiled from the original documents held
in the National Archives of Canada. Researchers will find not
only the name of each resident, but also age, birthplace, and
relationship to the head of household. Film, division, page,
entry, and family numbers are provided to aid researchers obtain
the original record, if desired. With nearly 3,800 persons named,
this can be a useful collection for those seeking ancestors
from rural Ontario.
Bibliography: Hewitt, Kristina. "Clarke, 1901 Census." [Database
online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1999.
To search this database, go to:
http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3794.htm
Mid-West Pioneers: Fifty
Years in the Northwest
The development of Minnesota from a frontier territory to an
established state stretched over many years and took the concerted
efforts of many pioneers. William Folsom came to the territory
from Maine in 1836 as one of these pioneers. He worked in the
lumber business and later became a state legislator. This database
is his autobiography and provides a narrative history of Minnesota,
including important economic, political and cultural events.
For researchers of Minnesota ancestors, this database can aid
in understanding the larger context in which these pioneers
lived.
Bibliography: Library of Congress. "Pioneering the Upper Midwest:
Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910."
[database on-line] Washington: Library of Congress, 1999. Folsom,
William Henry Carman. "Fifty Years in the Northwest." St. Paul,
MN: Pioneer Press Co, 1888.
To search this database, go to:
http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3791.htm
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
(Georgia), Obituaries, 1998-1999 (Update)
Bibliography: UMI Company. "Obituaries from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
1998-1999." Orem, UT: Ancestry Inc., 1999.
To search this database, go to:
http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3668.htm
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LDS FAMILYSEARCH
SITE ELIMINATES 15-MINUTE ACCESS CYCLING
Due to the overwhelming response to the new LDS FamilySearch
site that was officially launched on May 24, a 15-minute access
cycle was implemented. After the initial launch, the site was
reporting 100 million hits per day and many people had a difficult
time accessing the site. For more information, see: http://www.desnews.com/dn/view/1%2C1249%2C100003951%2C00.html
To address the problem, users were given access on a 15-minute
rotation cycle. Apparently the need for this "traffic" regulator
has died down since then and according to Paul Nauta, a spokesman
for the Church, "The access cycling to http://www.familysearch.org
has been eliminated. Modifications have been made to enhance
the service's capability and the number of hits per day seem
to be stabilizing at 35 to 45 million with occasional larger
spikes. Users should have no problem accessing the service at
this time."
You can access the FamilySearch site at:
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More information about the data on the site is at:
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Or in the May 26 Daily News at:
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"USING CENSUS RECORDS"
by Juliana Smith
Census records are among the most enlightening sources of
information about our ancestors. They can reveal such personal
details as date and place of birth, education, relationships,
family origins, occupation, and citizenship status. They also
place the family in a particular location at a certain point
in time, and thereby lead to other key sources such as church,
court, vital, land, military, and immigration records.
With the new addition of census indexes online, it is easier
than ever to search for your ancestors. The online census indexes
available to members of Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/census/main.asp),
enable researchers to search through U.S. Federal Censuses for
all states, from 1790-1870, simultaneously. This capability
can enable researchers to locate ancestors who had previously
been thought to have fallen off the face of the earth without
searching state by state, thus saving many hours of research
time. For more common names, searches can be restricted by state,
county, township, year, or even page number to limit results.
Why would we want to look by page number? Once you have located
an ancestor in the database, you can take that information and
pull up other names from that page in the census--your ancestor's
neighbors. Your ancestor's neighbors may provide valuable clues
that can be used in other areas of research. In days gone by,
it was common for families to remain in close proximity to one
another, so it is not uncommon to find parents, siblings, or
cousins living next door. Groups of families from the "old country"
often traveled and settled together in America. Where your ancestor
might have replied to a question of his homeland with the name
of the country, a cousin or traveling companion from the same
area might have been more specific. These neighbors may also
show up as witnesses in other documents, business partners,
and in rural areas where it was often miles to the nearest town,
it was common to marry the girl or boy "next door."
Soundex searches can also be performed to help locate spelling
variations, be they errors on the part of the "sensis takir,"
or due to the Americanization of the surname by the immigrant.
It is important to remember not to stop at the index. There
are often serious errors or omissions in the indexes, and although
your family member may not be included in the index, he or she
may appear in the actual census record. Apart from that, the
actual data is where much of the gold lies.
While providing great clues, census data must still be questioned.
Individuals responding to the census taker may not have known
the answers to some questions. Some may have lied (even then
an overwhelming number of women were 29), or the census taker
may have gone to a neighbor for information if the family was
not at home or didn't speak English.
You should also study the handwriting of the enumerator by
picking out the most legible letters and words. For example,
the enumerator listing Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 census (Illinois)
wrote the letter "L" so that it resembles an "S." Without looking
at other words on the page, one might think that he was a "Sawyer"
instead of a "Lawyer."
Regardless of any inaccuracies that may be found in census
data, the clues they provide can give us an interesting glimpse
into the lives of our ancestors.
DATABASES & REFERENCE MATERIAL
AIS Census Indexes at Ancestry.com (member database)
http://www.ancestry.com/census/main.asp
Learn more about census and other records in Ancestry's Learning
Center
http://www.ancestry.com/research/index.htm
Census Records in the Ancestry Learning Center
http://www.ancestry.com/research/census.htm
Information contained in U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920
http://www.ancestry.com/research/census_questions.htm
"The Source" online, Chapter 5 "Research in Census Records,"
by Loretto D. Szucs
http://www.ancestry.com/home/source/src83.htm
"Tips on Using Census Records Efficiently"
by Loretto D. Szucs
http://www.ancestry.com/research/census_tips.htm
"Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840"
by Claire Prechtel-Kluskens
http://www.nara.gov/publications/record/may98/family.html
"Clues in Census Records, 1850-1920"
by Clair Prechtel-Kluskens (NARA's "The Record")
http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/cenclues.html
"First in the Path of the Firemen: The Fate of the 1890 Population
Census"
by Kellee Blake (NARA's "Prologue")
http://www.nara.gov/publications/prologue/1890cen1.html
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY
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"The Crack-up" (1936)
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