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What a Mortality Study Reveals About Kentucky Life in the Late 1800s

What a Mortality Study Reveals About Kentucky Life in the Late 1800s

by KY Genealogical Society | 20 May 2023 | Learn Kentucky History

A mortality study tells genealogists and historians much about the past. Death statistics not only reveal the average age of demise during a certain historical period, but these invaluable records also give us causation, which provides an enormous collection of...
What Happened to the 1890 Census Records?

What Happened to the 1890 Census Records?

by Cynthia Saddler Maharrey | 18 Feb 2023 | Quick Tips from Our Speakers

If we granted a family researcher one wish, it might be to access the 1890 US Federal Census records for even a day. In 1921, a fire in the Commerce Building caused substantial damage to the census records. However, that’s not the whole story for the records’ eventual...
The Calamity of the 1890 Federal Census with Cynthia Maharrey

The Calamity of the 1890 Federal Census with Cynthia Maharrey

by TheEventsCal | 16 Feb 2023 | Free KY Resources, Genealogy Tips

What You Will Learn This program covers the where, when, and how of the 1890 Federal Census records loss; the outcomes of that loss; and alternative sources for finding information usually found in census records. Speaker Specializing in census, deed, tax list, will,...
Working With Those Pesky Tally Marks in Pre-1850 Census Records

Working With Those Pesky Tally Marks in Pre-1850 Census Records

by TheEventsCal | 14 Feb 2023 | Genealogy Tips

What You Will Learn Although the early census records only provided names for the Head of Households, they still hold many clues in tracing our ancestors. In this program, we will discuss ways of gleaning the most information we can from those tally marks. Speaker...
How Can Census Records Help My Research?

How Can Census Records Help My Research?

by TheEventsCal | 14 Feb 2023 | Genealogy Tips, Getting Started

What You Will Learn Most of us use Census records in our research, but are we getting the most out of them? Learn what is available in those other columns and how that information can aid our research. Speaker Linda Colston Handout...
1950 US Census: Prepare for the April Release Now

1950 US Census: Prepare for the April Release Now

by Marian B Wood | 21 Feb 2022 | Quick Tips from Our Speakers

Setting the 1950 Census Stage This is an exciting year for genealogists. The US Census Bureau will release the records for the 1950 Census in April. Even as you await the release, author and blogger Marian Burk Wood suggests there are several ways to prepare as you...
Get Ready for the 1950 U.S. Census

Get Ready for the 1950 U.S. Census

by TheEventsCal | 16 Dec 2021 | Free KY Resources, Genealogy Tips

What You Will Learn Get ready to look for your ancestors when the 1950 U.S. Census records are made public on April 1, 2022. This how-to session examines the nuggets of genealogical gold in the 1950 Census and the surprising quirks and assumptions built into the...

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