Time: 7:00 p.m.
*“US Federal Census Records:" "What They Can Tell About Our Nation and Our
Ancestors”*
Joe Hardesty, Kentucky history and genealogy librarian at the Louisville
Free Public Library, will present a workshop, “US Federal Census Records:
What They Can Tell About Our Nation and Our Ancestors” at the August 7
program of the Southern Indiana Genealogical Society. Mr. Hardesty will
trace the development of the census record and relate how its changes
reveal the historical, political, economic and social direction of the
decades. He will discuss the special/supplemental schedules for
agriculture, manufacturing, mortality, slave, and veterans which are
frequently overlooked by researchers.
Family historians use US Federal Census records to 'help tell the story' of
who, what, when and where of our ancestors but it's rather interesting to
realize that these records themselves have a story to tell - and not just
about our ancestors! A careful study of the how this record came about and
its development over time tells much about the historical, social,
political and economic context of our Nation - and indeed, our ancestors.
Program time is 7 PM in the Strassweg Auditorium of the New Albany-Floyd
County Library, 180 W. Spring St., New Albany.
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Southern Indiana Genealogical Society, Inc.
PO Box 665
New Albany, IN 47151-0665
[Note: The following links go to Rootsweb, which is a part of
Ancestry.com
but links are to a free site]
*Floyd, Clark, and Harrison County First Families Program*
*Floyd - Clark - Harrison Counties First Families Information (.pdf
document)
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http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~insigs/FF_2014/info_2014_03_07.pdf>*
*Floyd - Clark - Harrison Counties First Families Application Part 1 (7
page .pdf document) to print out
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http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~insigs/FF_2014/Floyd_Clark_Harr_co_in_f...
*Floyd - Clark - Harrison Counties First Families Application Part 2 (1
page .pdf document) to print out
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http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~insigs/FF_2014/I_hereby_apply.pdf>*
*New Albany and Floyd County, Indiana First Families—A Guidebook Listing
Early Pioneers and Many of Their Descendants (publication order form)
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http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~insigs/FF_2014/first_famiies_book.pdf>*