| When: | Saturday, February 5, 2022, 10 am to 12 noon |
| Where: | Virtual meeting via Zoom (open to public) |
| Subject: | The U.S. Census |
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U.S. Census Records - Extracting Everything Possible |
| Census Records are one of the first record sets used when building a family tree, but many researchers don’t know enough about this source to maximize the data contained in these records. Learn strategies to locate the missing, destroyed, misspelled and overlooked in these incredible government documents. Discover their hidden bits of information that can help provide answers, to your family mysteries. Explore the data reported in the U. S. Non-population Census Schedules, and where to find these amazing, but often over looked, documents. Examine the collection details behind Federal Census so you can better interpret, and utilize, all the information contained in these valuable sources. Learn the method to combine the data in the 1790-1840 Federal Censuses to reveal the birth years for the unnamed individuals in these under used census years. Members, use the link in the email you will receive on Monday, January 31, to register. Member registration fee is $5.00. Non-members, use this link beginning on Thursday, February 4 to register. Non-member registration fee is $10.00. |
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| Speaker: |
Sydney F. Cruice |
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Sydney Cruice is a professional genealogist, writer, and lecturer practicing in the Mid-Atlantic Region. She holds an MBA from Drexel University and a BA from Penn State University. She is current President of the Association of Professional Genealogists for the Greater Philadelphia Area Chapter. She developed the curriculum for and teaches a Foundations of Genealogy course at various venues in the Philadelphia area. In 2017, Sydney cofounded the Greater Philadelphia Genealogy Consortium, an organization that encourages growth and cooperation between genealogy and historical organizations in the greater Philadelphia area (currently 29 member organizations). |
