{"id":846,"date":"2012-06-23T17:57:27","date_gmt":"2012-06-24T00:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/?p=846"},"modified":"2012-06-23T18:07:36","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T01:07:36","slug":"using-the-us-census-part-ii-locator-indexes-continued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/2012\/06\/23\/using-the-us-census-part-ii-locator-indexes-continued\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the US Census, Part II Locator Indexes (continued)"},"content":{"rendered":"

10.\u00a0 More than 85,000,000 British surnames<\/span> (mostly from parish registers) International Genealogical Index (IGI).\u00a0 http:\/\/familysearch.org<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 Go to Previous Site. Click on Advances Search to access only the IGI.\u00a0 Largest single database of British given names and surnames.\u00a0 Especially valuable for spelling variants and origins of rare and unusual names.\u00a0 FamilySearch<\/strong><\/em> has an extensive re-indexing program for all US Census records to correct the readings of the names.\u00a0 As these new indexes are posted online, finding ancestors in the censuses will be much easier.\u00a0 Indexed names are being added to the databases at the rate of about 100 million per month.\u00a0 [FamilySearch<\/em><\/strong> is also getting ready to launch their new online presence–so the location of the IGI may change when the change is made.]<\/p>\n

11.\u00a0 Online US Census Indexes and Images, 1790-1940.\u00a0 http:\/\/Ancestry.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Available by subscription at home and through a special free Institution Edition at local public libraries and genealogy collections.\u00a0 Ancestry’s new search\u00a0format that matches other entries in their databases with the ancestor of interest is a new research finding tool you will love!\u00a0 Use with Heritage Quest<\/strong><\/em> census indexes and images 1790-1820, 1860-1920 (1830-1850 includes images only) at your local public library.\u00a0 Each one has a different format which complements the other.\u00a0 And the use of two or more separate indexes compensates for the\u00a0error\u00a0challenge in reading the names.\u00a0 Ancestry’s combined databases provide access to over 3 billion names<\/span>.<\/p>\n

12.\u00a0 Michigan Censuses 1710-1830 under the French, the British,\u00a0 and the\u00a0Americans<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Donna Valley Russell.\u00a0 Detroit:\u00a0 Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, 1982.\u00a0 Watch especially for Irish names that\u00a0became French in Canada before coming to the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n

13.\u00a0 9,000+ names<\/span>, 1776-1778 Censuses of Maryland<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Chesterfield MO:\u00a0 B. Stirling Carothers, n.d.\u00a0 The 1776 census<\/span> gives names and ages of each person, many family groups with father, mother,and\u00a0all the kids in age order.\u00a0 This census was preliminary to the Oaths of Fidelity.\u00a0 In 1777<\/span>, every free male over the age of 18 was to take an oath of allegiance and fidelity to the cause of freedom and to the state of Maryland.\u00a0 Those who did not take the oaths, were sought for the 1778 census<\/span> where they could affirm their support of the war effort against Britain–since the first attempts did not take into account the large population of conscientious objectors living in\u00a0Maryalnd at that time.\u00a0 Carothers also published the Oaths of Fidelity during the<\/strong><\/em> American Revolution<\/strong><\/em> in 2 volumes.\u00a0 These volumes are available in most genealogy libraries in book form.\u00a0 The originals are in the Hall of Records, Annapolis MD.<\/p>\n

14.\u00a0 70,000,000+ names<\/span>.\u00a0 AIS Index<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Bountiful UT:\u00a0 Accelerated Indexing Systems.\u00a0 Nationwide, US\u00a0digital index for each census year–issued as computer printouts on microfiche and in print state by\u00a0state.\u00a0 The original microfiche edition is the most valuable because it is a nationwide index<\/span> in one alphabet for each census year.\u00a0 Later conversion to internet access divided the database into regional segments which does not allow you to see the full\u00a0distribution of surnames, where they are located, what migration patterns they followed, and where unusual surnames are clustered.\u00a0 This is the only large census database that includes substitutes (mostly tax rolls) for missing schedules.\u00a0 Especially valuable for New Jersey where the first statewide\u00a0census is 1830.\u00a0 Available at the Family History Library, selected Family History Centers, and some other libraries.<\/p>\n

15.\u00a0 Brenna E. Lorenz, “Origins of Unusual Given Names from the Southern United States,” Names<\/strong><\/em> 37 (1989): 201-30.\u00a0Valuable article because it\u00a0verifies names as real,\u00a0that you may have concluded are mistakes.<\/p>\n

There are numerous other indexed names online and offline that you can use to verify spellings, identify names peculiar to\u00a0specific ethnic or national backgrounds, determine where these names are clustered, and pre-plan searches in digital indexes–where you have to tell the computer search engines exactly what you want to look at.\u00a0 With a printed book, you can scan all the names beginning with the same letters.\u00a0 Or, read the whole alphabetical arrangement.\u00a0 Online indexes function differently and the more prepared you are to find unusual spellings for your surnames, the more likely you will be to find your ancestors.<\/p>\n

Remember you are second-guessing not only the indexer, but the original scribe who wrote the name in the first place.\u00a0 What appears as an indexing error, could very well be the spelling provided in the original record.\u00a0 Your favorite genealogist, Arlene Eakle.<\/p>\n

PS\u00a0 Have you discovered that there is no easy button when searching for ancestors.\u00a0 Research requires due diligence.\u00a0 And that is why it attracts so many followers and why you stay with it once you start–research is a continuing world with\u00a0ancestors just waiting to be found.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

10.\u00a0 More than 85,000,000 British surnames (mostly from parish registers) International Genealogical Index (IGI).\u00a0 http:\/\/familysearch.org\u00a0\u00a0 Go to Previous Site. Click on Advances Search to access only the IGI.\u00a0 Largest single database of British given names and surnames.\u00a0 Especially valuable for … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":851,"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions\/851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}