Central and Eastern European Genealogy Conference April 27 and 28 in Minnesota

April 4, 2012November 21, 2014 Paula Stuart-Warren Conferences/Institutes, Minnesota Genealogical Society Leave a comment

I received this information from the Minnesota Genealogical Society today: Minnesota Genealogical Society 2012 Central and Eastern European Genealogy Conference South St. Paul, MN. The Minnesota Genealogical Society (MGS), with co-sponsorship from the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International, the Germanic Genealogy Society, the Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota, the Pommern Regional Group of Minnesota, and the […]

Media, hype, and the 1940 census

April 2, 2012November 21, 2014 Paula Stuart-Warren census 1 Comment

During the last couple of weeks network television, cable TV, AM, FM, and public radio stations, newspapers, websites, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and other forms of media have talked about today’s opening of the 1940 census population schedule. The news has been covered at the local, state, and national level. I have seen some international […]

1940 Census: non-resident form

April 2, 2012November 21, 2014 Paula Stuart-Warren census 1 Comment

One form that is part of the 1940 U.S. census the whole world seems to be trying to access today is the Non-Resident Schedule. This is for enumerating people where they were on the day the census taker visited, but who said that wasn’t their usual place of residence. An example of this form is […]

Chicago city directories

March 29, 2012November 21, 2014 Paula Stuart-Warren City directories Leave a comment

Chicago’s Newberry Library has a blog post that discusses the gaps and the ending of Chicago directories that I referenced in my own blog post yesterday about the 1940 census. “Where are the rest of the city directories?” is a question heard frequently at the reference desk. Although the Newberry has a complete collection of […]

Finding addresses for the 1940 census search

March 29, 2012November 21, 2014 Paula Stuart-Warren census, City directories, Research 1 Comment

I recently posted on Facebook that I am working on my family addresses in preparation for the 1940 census opening next week. A couple people sent me private messages asking how I was doing that. So, here are some tips. Did your family live in a city or town that published annual city directories? Don’t […]

Help index the 1940 Census so we can find people like these!

March 27, 2012November 21, 2014 Paula Stuart-Warren census Leave a comment

A 1940 article about the census enumeration for that year is titled “Census Recheck Total is 2,421” and that means people not originally enumerated in Dade County, Florida. How many times was this repeated around the United States? In this case, the census supervisor was forwarding the information to the census bureau. Click here to […]

Be part of the 1940 census opening!

March 26, 2012November 21, 2014 Paula Stuart-Warren census, National Archives Leave a comment

Just received this Press Release from the National Archives: March 26, 2012 National Archives Launches 1940 Census April 2 Online at 1940census.archives.gov Live webcast of Opening Event, 8:30 A.M. EDT Follow the 1940 Census on Twitter (using hashtag #1940census), Facebook, Tumblr, Flickr, and YouTube, and subscribe to our blogs: NARAtions and Prologue: Pieces of History. The […]

Citing a Tweet

March 26, 2012November 21, 2014 Paula Stuart-Warren Blogs, Citations 1 Comment

The Modern Language Association has debated and published “How to Cite a Tweet.” The moment I read their example, the first thought I had was “in 50 years will someone have a clue what ‘Tweet’ means?” I giggled a bit at the citation example: Athar, Sohaib (ReallyVirtual). “Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a […]

New archivist at Iron Range Research Center

March 26, 2012November 21, 2014 Paula Stuart-Warren Iron Range Research Center, Minnesota Discovery Center Leave a comment

According to the Duluth News Tribune, the Minnesota Discover Center’s Iron Range Research Center has a new archivist. Christopher Welter formerly worked “in the archives at the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul, where he described personal papers and business records, and assisted in making historically significant and rare collections available on the Web.” To […]

Minnesota societies involved in 1940 Census Indexing

March 26, 2012November 21, 2014 Paula Stuart-Warren census Leave a comment

I just checked the website to see which Minnesota based organizations are involved in the project to index the 1940 U.S. Census. I have signed up to index under the Minnesota Genealogical Society. I have been an MGS member since 1982 and continue to support their endeavors. I was pleased to see a number of […]

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