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Looking Into 1860 U.S. Federal Census Records
by Judy Rosella Edwards

There is no such thing as the census. Do you know why?

   I wrote this report after realizing how many transcribers omit crucial information that researchers need in order to make sense of all those names and numbers. Many of the relationships we spend hours searching for are missing from the typed or digitized census information we use every day. Worse yet, novice researchers may not know the information existed but was omitted by a typist.
    So why use a transcribed census? The original hand-written copies are stunningly beautiful to look at – but nearly impossible to read!
    In this report, I explain why that information matters and how to locate it and use it to make your genealogical research so much more meaningful.
    I explain 33 aspects of the 1860 U.S. Federal Census:

  • Secret 1 There is No Such Thing as A Census
  • Secret 2 Page Numbers Count
  • Secret 3 Who Was Home?
  • Secret 4 Who Was the Enumerator?
  • Secret 5 Enumerator Assistants
  • Secret 6 Post Office
  • Secret 7 Census Districts
  • Secret 8 Household Numbers
  • Secret 9 Visit Numbers
  • Secret 10 Names
  • Secret 11 Connections Between Names
  • Secret 12 Who Lives Here?
  • Secret 13 Recording Ages
  • Secret 14 Infant Birthdates
  • Secret 15 Gender
  • Secret 16 Color
  • Secret 17 Profession
  • Secret 18 Value of Real Estate
  • Secret 19 Value of Personal Estate
  • Secret 20 Place of Birth
  • Secret 21 Married within the year
  • Secret 22 School Attendance
  • Secret 23 Illiteracy
  • Secret 24 The Largest Collection of Information: Deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, convict
  • Secret 25 Page Totals
BEYOND THE CENSUS
  • Secret 26 Census as a Migration Map
  • Secret 27 Immigration records
  • Secret 28 Military Records
  • Secret 29 Biographies
  • Secret 30 Putting 1860 Into Perspective
  • Secret 31 Marriage Records
  • Secret 32 Death Records
  • Secret 33 Playing the Matching Game
I also include my personal secrets for:
  • Collecting and storing research so I can find it again.
  • "Genealogy on a Shoestring" - how to do research without spending a lot of money!
  • "Bringing the LDS Library to You" - you don't have to go to Utah!
  • "Documenting Sources" the EASY way!
  • What's a university archive and why do you need to know about them?
  • "Locating Old Newspapers" - unearth some unusual places where old newspapers are archived!
  • "Locating Places" - how to find where that old church used to be before it was torn down decades ago!
  • "Free Online Searches" includes a hot tip you may not be aware of.
Don’t miss the clickable items scattered throughout.

Email judy@judyrosellaedwards.com today to be notified when this book will be available.



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Genealogy is possibly the fastest growing pastime in the United States. According to one survey, an estimated 73 percent of the U.S. population is interested in their family history, or actively researching their personal genealogy.

As of September 2007, 3.5 million family trees have been created on Ancestry.com, 300 million profiles have been added to those trees, and 2.5 million photos have been uploaded. This one genealogy site has 800,000 subscribers, making it one of the largest online paid membership sites in the United States.

It is quite likely that your reader knows a little something about genealogy! Wouldn’t you like to write as if you do?

The media, especially through film, has focused on certain genealogical facts to such an extent that writers assume those facts apply to every family. It makes anyone who has ever researched their family history cringe!


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