Introduction to Genealogy Workshop for Macintosh Users at University of Delaware OLLI, fall 2011.

9. Also Get Free Chart and Forms from Links on Class 1 Keep track of family relationships with free charts Misbach: http://misbach.org/freecharts.html Ancestry: On “Library Edition” home page, click on menu bar item “Charts and Forms.”

10. Male - even numbers Female - (odd numbers)

16. Click on the HEN Then on this page,click here

17. Then click here : :

18. If you are accessing from home, you will be asked to log in at this point.

19. Finally: the Ancestry Library Edition Home Page

20. Your search results will be too broad = jumble of years, locations, & spellings Don’t Use This Search Box !!

23. Census Basics Further uses for population data caused additional and often different categories of information to be added each census. 1930: most recent publicly available census. 1940: available in April, 2012 (72-year privacy rule). 1890: almost completely destroyed. 1850: first census to include every name. 1840 and prior: only head-of-household named. Taken starting 1790, every ten years. Purpose: legislative apportionment = head count.

26. Name variations Shut off “exact search.” Use wildcards. Try variations you are aware of. Do a “first-name only” search on the most unusual first name in the family. Keep at it: Most people were counted ! Errors of all Kinds Any data could be in error: age, birthplace, even sex! Don’t fill in every blank . . . you may exclude your target. Consider other localities People moved, relocated and returned, travelled, some more than others. Search Strategies

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