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Evaluating Evidence For Family History Work
Sometimes before progress can be made in family history research, a review of what is currently known is needed. By evaluating evidence, you can make new discoveries and generate new questions. The research of Tyre Snelgrove and Nancy Langford has been challenging because of the time period and lack of records. By reviewing what has…
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Locality Research to Find Descendants
Locations in descendancy research can be really important. If a location appears frequently it indicates that location is important to a particular family. It can also help separate people with the same name. Locality research can help identify descendants of a family.
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How to add people to Family Tree
The FamilySearch Family Tree is a wiki-style tree. This means the tree is a shared tree among the users. Users can add, change, and in some cases delete person profiles as well as add and remove sources. The process of adding a new person, like Eva Snellgrove, to the tree is rather simple.
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Descendancy Research – Queen V. Wilcox
One of the children in the 1910 U.S. census was Queen V. Wilcox. She was clearly identified as a daughter of Henry J. Snellgrove, 20 years old, widow, a mother of one child, one child living. This child was not mentioned in any other records for Henry, so there were questions right away.
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Descendancy Research – Henry Jackson Snellgrove
Once an ancestor is identified, there are some simple steps to get started in descendancy research. Henry Jackson Snellgrove is where I am currently doing descendancy research.
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Descendancy Research
Descendancy research, or looking for your cousins, can help push your tree further back and break genealogical brick walls.
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How to fix relationships on the FamilySearch Family Tree
There are many errors on the FamilySearch Family Tree that need to be fixed or cleaned up with the corrections properly sourced. Untangling mixed up profiles and relationships is just one of many tasks needed to clean up the FamilySearch Family Tree.
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A good look at the 1940 U.S. Census
The 1940 U.S. census brought some changes to the census. The overall questions were similar to previous censuses but the form was different for one major reason. This was the first census that brought about statistical sampling.
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A good look at the 1930 U.S. Census
The 1930 U.S. census is similar to the previous census of 1920. In the time between the passage of the census act of 1929 and the census day of 1 April 1930, the Great Depression had taken root. The questions of employment became even more relevant than expected.
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A good look at the 1920 U.S. Census
The 1920 U.S. Census was very similar to the 1910 U.S. Census. A few questions were eliminated from the previous census and few new ones added.
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