Once you have logged in to FamilySearch.org, and have signed up for the four free genealogy websites, it should be fairly easy to locate each of y our 4-generation ancestors on a census record. Due to privacy laws, the following time periods of government census records are listed:
- US Federal Census 1790-1940 (every ten years)
- United Kingdon (England, Wales, Scotland, etc.)1841-1911 (every ten years)
1. Look at a specific ancestor on your pedigree chart that might have been enumerated in a government census record.
2. Use any of the five genealogy websites available for free to LDS Church members. (We are assuming you have already signed as directed in this previous blog post Free genealogy websites for LDS Church Members.
3. Comment below to report your findings.
DID YOU NOTICE?
- All members of the household are mentioned in some, while only "heads of household" are listed in say the 1790-1840 US census records?
- Now figure out if all members of the household are present in an earlier or later census record. Can you account for their presence or absence over the years?
- Now check to see if your FamilySearch Family Tree has all members of the household over the 30 years (3 enumerations). If not, you may have to do a bit more research, and then add the "missing" individuals to the family unit on FamilySearch Family Tree. And of course, there is temple work to be doing.
Be sure to comment below, and let me know what you find.
