Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Enumeration District Maps

 Learn more about where your ancestors lived by looking at enumeration district maps from the censuses.

The census bureau divided land up into districts in order for enumerators(census takers) to do their jobs more efficiently.

One source for maps is the National Archives. Another is the Unified Census ID Finder.

at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Genealogy fiction

 British author Steve Robinson writes historical mysteries featuring J efferson Tayte , a genealogist who uses his expertise to solve crimes...

  • Unclaimed letters
    Back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when the mail moved slowly and some citizens had to travel a good distance to check for mail...
  • New titles added to newspapers.com
     Newspapers. com, which is available to library card holders from the library's website, has added 450 more papers from 15 states and 3...
  • KKK records
     Sometimes information about our ancestors can come from places where we'd rather not find it, such as arrest and prison records.  This ...