Family History is Fun!

  Dear Brothers and Sisters, We apologize for missing last week.   Time got away from us and then Relative Race was on BYU TV.   We really enjoy this show as the contestants are discovering more family.   What an awesome Family History adventure!   If you have not seen it, check it out!   Sunday nights at 6 PM (Comcast lineup) on BYU TV.   This week we are continuing our discussion of the information you can find on Census records.   The last blog posting covered the names of residents and the personal description that was included in the census form.   The description included parentage, birth place, naturalization, and if they spoke English. Today, before we go further, let’s talk more about naturalization. The Census records prior to 1870 did not usually contain any information on place of birth or if the person was a naturalized citizen.   However, the 1870 Census records include the place of birth (if in the US, the enumerator...

 Dear Brothers and Sisters, As we strive to serve in our covenant duties to gather Israel and seal families together, we often come across various records that help….. some more than others.  One source of information that we use to gather the families is the Census records.  What can they tell us and how can they help?  Over the next couple of weeks, we would like to help sort out the information found on these valuable documents and will be focusing on the Census records from the United States. In the heading section, almost all census records contain the county and state of the area where the census was enumerated. Most also contain the date of the enumeration and the name and title of the enumerator.  Some also contain the city and other governmental jurisdictions such as ward number or name, precinct number or name, etc.  These are very valuable in determining the location of our family members at a certain period of time.  We may have more than o...