5 Generations. 149 Proofs. The Evidentia Experiment. The goal is to document 5 generations, starting with myself, using Evidentia. The results will then be exported into a GEDCOM file and imported into a clean RootsMagic database. Making Progress I have almost finished with the third generation (my grandparents). Waiting for a couple of records from…
Last week I posted about the Evidentia Experiment I am currently doing. The goal is to document 5 generations, starting with myself, using Evidentia. The results will then be exported into a GEDCOM file and imported into a clean RootsMagic database. This week I wanted to describe my process as well as report on my…
Let’s talk about relationships. In 1880 the US government got nosey. They wanted to know what your relationship was to the head of household. This was great news for genealogists! In fact, they wanted to know a lot of things:1 Number of dwelling home, in order of visitation by the enumerator Number of family, in…
Last week we looked at how to record information we extracted from the 1790 US Census and turn it into evidence. This week we jump forward to the 1850 US Census. 1800 -1840 US Census records are similar to the 1790 record in that they list only the head of household by name. Anyone else in the…
In my last post, I documented the claims I chose to catalogue for a 1790 US Census record for Gilmanton, NH. I tried to demonstrate how even the vaguest of information can provided clues we can use in our research. If you remain unconvinced, that’s OK. Hopefully this post, which will show you a sample…
Learn by example? Over the next few months I want to offer use cases for entering and analyzing the US Census records. My hope is that this will help you get a better idea of how Evidentia fits into your workflow. In these exercises we will not focus on citations. We assume you have already…
