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Ancestry.com reps held a blogger meeting yesterday afternoon at the NGS conference here in Raleigh. I threw a cover over my exhibit table and spent a couple hours learning more about the latest endeavors at this genealogy giant. The thing Continue reading Use of Online Trees Surpasses the Census at Ancestry.com
NEW YORK – Latino evangelical leaders, who wield tremendous clout in immigrant communities, are sharply divided on the 2010 Census. The rift developed earlier this month after one influential group of pastors said it would call for a census boycott Continue reading Undocumented Immigrants Urged to Boycott the 2010 Census
The doorbell just rang. On answering the door, a gentleman handed me a sheet of paper, informed me he was with the 2010 Census, stepped back from under the overhang of my front porch and took a GPS reading of Continue reading “Just Your Place on Planet Earth Please…”
April 25, 2009 – A historic bill that calls for Caribbean nationals to have their own origins category on the U.S. Census form was on Thursday introduced by Caribbean American Congresswoman, Yvette D. Clarke of New York’s 11th congressional district Continue reading Caribbean Census Bill Introduced In the U.S. Congress
There are many new, upcoming, and completed indexing projects to report in this update from Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch. Twelve of the projects below are new (see Current Projects). Included are three Belgian and two Argentina projects. The New York Continue reading All Kinds of Cool New Stuff Happening at FamilySearch Indexing!
President Barack Obama named a University of Michigan professor, Bob Groves, to head up the Census Bureau on Thursday. The Republicans were not happy with the pick, as about 20 years ago, Groves advocated statistical sampling as a means of Continue reading U. of Michigan Professor, Bob Groves, to Head the Census Bureau
The 2010 Census is in trouble all ready – and they haven’t even started yet. The following excerpts are from an article in the March 5, 2009 edition of nextgov.com. The Census Bureau remains behind schedule for the 2010 census Continue reading Trouble with the 2010 Census
March 4, 2009: The FamilySearch indexing application is available in three new languages: Italian, Portuguese, and Russian. These languages are in addition to English, French, German, and Spanish. They have current indexing projects in all of these languages except Portuguese. Continue reading FamilySearch Indexing Update
The following was received from Paul Nauta at FamilySearch today: Familysearch added over 6 million new indexed records and 1.4 million new images since January 5, 2009, to its Record Search pilot (see chart below). The West Virginia birth, marriage, Continue reading New Data at FamilySearch Record Search Pilot
Randy Seaver has posted a very interesting blog with information gleaned at a lecture presented by Dr. Joel Weintraub. Dr. Weintraub spoke to the San Diego Genealogical Society on Saturday, and presented numerous 1940 census facts that I didn’t know Continue reading Preparing for the 1940 Census
UPDATE: Feb 12, 2009: This afternoon Judd Gregg withdrew his name from nomination to the job as Commerce Secretary. It seems he doesn’t see eye-to-eye with Obama, this census issue most likely being the major issue. UPDATE II: Feb 13, Continue reading Is the Census Political?
The following Family Search Indexing update information was received from Paul Nauta, Public Affairs Manager for FamilySearch. February 6, 2009: FamilySearch volunteers wrapped up 14 online indexing projects already in 2009 and continue to make good progress on the 38 Continue reading Family Search Indexing Update
The following news release was just received from Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch: 30 January 2009 – Since the last update on January 5, 2009, FamilySearch added over 40 million new records to its Record Search pilot. Individuals with international roots Continue reading New Digitized and Indexed Records at FamilySearch
Granted, Neither I, nor my wife, or sons will be around to see the 2010 census released in the year 2082. But there’s a good chance that Robbie, my grandson, will be. So it might be of interest to take Continue reading Questions Planned for the 2010 Census
This just in from Paul Nauta at Family Search – SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH—FamilySearch International continues to feed the growing appetite of family historians and researchers worldwide with the release of its free 1900 U.S. Census online. The free collection Continue reading Obama Descended From an Auctioneer