List of States Indexed for 1940 Census At FamilySearch

We've posted an alphabetical list of states with 1940 census indexes at FamilySearch on our site here: http://rootdig.blogspot.com/2012/06/1940-census-indexes-at-familysearch.html

Using Google Docs for Your Online Research Log?

Have you thought about using Google Docs to maintain and save your online research log? You could access it whenever you were on the web.

Capture That Web Page

Web pages can change in an instant. How are you capturing that information you obtained online? Are you using a Facebook status as evidence of a marriage for a cousin? Consider taking a screen shot or something as "proof."

If the marriage goes under, the status update may be pulled and your "proof" right along with it.

Blogging Tip on Making Tables

If you have a blog and have difficulty making tables in Blogger, make a table in Word, get it the way you like it.

Then copy and paste it into your Blogger edit window.

Much easier.

Behind The Name

If you need to know name meanings, derivations of names, name family trees, and translations of names, consider taking a look at Behind the Name.

German Historical Directories At Ancestry.com

Search all of Ancestry.com's German directories at this page on their site--these are the old directories, not late 20th century ones.

New York Census Links

For those with ancestors in New York State, these links at FamilySearch may come in handy.

Blank UK Census Forms

Just in case anyone needs them, there are blank UK census forms here: http://www.ancestry.co.uk/charts/ukcensus.aspx

Search for the Ladies at the BLM Site

Don't forget to search for your female ancestors at the BLM site http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. They may have applied for bounty land as a widow or filed a federal land claim in their own name. Don't forget the female half of your ancestry.

June 2012 Webinars

We are offering the following genealogy webinars in June 2012:

• Crossing the Pond--Part 2
• Making Corrections to Your Ancestry.com Tree
• American Revolutionary War Materials on Fold3.com

If you signed up for one originally and missed it, you'll get it at no additional charge. If you haven't already registered, do so at http://www.casefileclues.com/webinars_neill..htm