This presentation is from the second class in our special genealogy workshop series, Finding Your Roots. Presented 3/19/11.

1. Bullitt County Public Library presents Resources for Genealogical Research Finding Your Roots Workshop Series, Part 2 Presented 3/19/11

2. There are many forms of resources for research Obituaries Census Mortality Schedules Indexes: Birth, Death, Marriage Certificates: Birth, Death, Marriage Newspapers Deeds, Wills, Probates

3. Obituaries

4. Obituaries

5. Census Records The United States began its census taking in 1790 The first few censuses didn’t include much information useful to genealogists, asking for answers to just six questions, and the only name listed is that of the head of household By 2000, the form had expanded to 52 questions and was 12 pages long Released 72 years after taking, for privacy issues

6. Census, cont. Census records are useful to genealogists because they help cement relationships between family members Prior to 1850, census records are somewhat less useful, since the only name given is the head of household, with a count of males and females within a certain age range, but not their specific names and relationships to the head of household

7. 1840 Census

8. 1840 State and County in which census was taken Names of Heads of Household Number of Free White Persons, separated into males and females, in age groups Number of Free Colored Persons, separated into males and females, in age groups Number of Slaves, separated into males and females, in age groups Number of persons in each family employed in several predetermined categories This information is not usually photographed or transcribed

9. 1850

10. 1850 The first year that Households were numbered with any accuracy State, county, and city census were taken Date of enumeration (recording) Name of every person living in the household on June 1, 1850 The age, sex, and color of each person in the home The profession, occupation, or trade of each male over age 15

11. 1850 The value of the real estate owned by the head of household The place of birth of each member of the household Whether a person was married within the census year Whether a person attended school within the census year Whether a person over 20 years of age could read or write Whether the person was deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, a pauper, or a convict

12. 1860

13. 1860 State, county, and city of residence Date of Enumeration Name of every person who lived in a home on June 1, 1870 Age, sex, and color of each person Profession, value of real estate, and personal property Place of birth Whether married in last year, or attended school, whether persons over 20 could read and write Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper or convict

14. 1870 Signaled next big change in Census taking State, county, and city of residence Enumeration date Name of every person in the household, their age, sex, color Profession, value of real estate and personal estate Place of birth Parentage: whether a parent was born in a foreign country

15. 1870 If the person was born in the census year, what month were they born? If married in the census year, what month? If the person attended school within the year; separate columns to indicate whether a person could read or write Mental status, pauper, or convict Male citizens 21 and older Male citizens 21 and older who don’t have the right to vote due to rebellion or other crime

17. 1880 State, county, city and enumeration district and date of enumeration The street, house number, dwelling number, and family number The names of all persons living in a household on 1 Jun 1880, their color, sex, and age If born/married in the census year, what month The relationship of each person in the household to the head of household Whether each person was single, married, widowed, or divorced

18. 1880 The occupation of each family member Health statistics: education level, and whether able to read and write The place of birth of each person, his/her father and mother

19. 1890 The 1890 census would have held even more information about each person and their lineage The 1890 census was mostly lost in a fire at the Commerce building in Washington, D.C. in 1921 The Daughters of the American Revolution and the public at large asked that the remaining pages be preserved, but they were ultimately destroyed In the late 1940s, some remaining schedules were discovered Only 6,160 names still exist from this census

20. 1900 The 1900 census is a genealogist’s dream The census includes: Location (if in city, which street and house number) Dwelling and family number Name of each person, surname first, and middle initial Relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex THE MONTH AND YEAR of each person’s birth Ages, marital status, NUMBER OF YEARS MARRIED

21. 1900 Each female was listed with the number of children she was a mother to, and the number of those children who were still alive, whether they were living in her household or not The place of birth of each person, their father and mother Citizenship status Occupation, and the months not employed Education status Whether owned or rented home; free or under mortgage; farm or house, and the number of the farm schedule

22. 1910 The 1910 census was nearly identical to the 1900, excepting that it included more information about the nature of the occupation and employment status It further asked if a person was a survivor of the Union or Confederate Army or Navy Health status

23. 1920 1920 is comparable to 1910, adding what the mother tongue of each person, their mother, and their father Whether the person is a salary or wage worker, or if they are working on their own account

24. 1930 The 1930 added questions such as: Whether or not there was a radio set in the home Did the family live on a farm? Citizenship Class of worker Whether a veteran of the U.S. military or naval forces mobilized for any war or expedition

25. Mortality schedules

26. Mortality Schedules Mortality schedules counted the number of deaths that occurred in the year before the census was taken Exist for 1850 through 1880 census, so only 4 exist for the United States Lists the individual’s name, age, sex, occupation, cause of death, and place of death by county Can be found: National Archives Regional Offices Local Libraries Family Finder Index at www.familytreemaker.com

27. Birth Birth Indexes/Records Usually held at county and state levels Searchable on the internet in some cases Birth records were generally not kept (by the government) until the early 1900s Usually contain the date and place of birth, the name of the child born, and the parents’ names Birth dates, and parents’ names can also be found on death certificates, and marriage records Sometimes, especially before the early 1900s, birth records were recorded in family bibles, church bulletins, and sometimes in newspapers

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34. Birth Index

35. Kentucky

36. Kentucky (transcribed)

37. Death

38. Death (tanscribed)

39. Newspaper Notice

40. Marriage

41. Marriage

42. Marriage Index

43. Marriage Index

44. Marriage (transcribed)

45. Newspaper Notice

46. Deeds, Wills and Probates A mutual agreement between two parties, usually for the purchase of land Will list both buyer and seller, description of the property, along with its location, the amount paid for the land Deeds can be drawn from wills (inheritance) John Doe Farmer passes away, his forty-eight acres is split between his six children. A new deed is drawn up for each six acre parcel.

47. Deeds, Wills and Probates Probates When a person dies, somebody has to deal with their estate It is usually the executor of the will who does this If there is no legally named executor, one can be appointed by the courts Until 1901, the executor of an estate was the oldest living son (or child) of the deceased if one was not named prior to the death. Usually a group of documents, kept to show how the estate of the deceased was distributed.