Using 1910 Soundex on Archive org

I've posted a brief article on using the 1910 Soundex  on my Rootdig blog. Feel free to post comments there if you are inclined.

Allen County Public Library Material On Archive.Org

The Allen County Public Library has a significant amount of microfilm from the US National Archives. In an ongoing project, it is allowing digital images of that microfilm to be placed for free on Archive.org. Here are links to some of that material

Microfilm digitized by the Internet Archive for Allen County Public Library:

All ACPL Microfilm Online.

1930 United States Census.

1920 United States Census.

1910 United States Census.

1900 United States Census.

1880 United States Census.

1870 United States Census.

1860 United States Census.

1850 United States Census.

1840 United States Census.

1830 United States Census.

1820 United States Census.

1810 United States Census.

1800 United States Census.

1790 United States Census.

Veterans Administration Payment Cards 1907 to 1933.

War of 1812 Records.

Indian Census of the United States - 1885-1940.

Hopefully there will be finding aids to Soundex (microfilm) and other films added. 

July 2012 Webinars

Date	Time	Topic	Cost	Description	Register
26July 2012	3:00 PM CST	1820-1870 Census Case study—the Newmans	$8.50	See how a family was traced in the 1820 through the 1870 census in the Midwest (KY, IN, IL). This case study will discuss search techniques, methodology, making certain you have the “right family,” correlating information, and more.	Add to cart
26 July 2012	1:00 PM CST	Crossing the Pond—Part II	$8.50	This webinar will discuss reading, interpreting, and using passenger lists between 1820 and 1920. This session will not discuss search techniques of online databases, but will cover where to go once the manifest has been located, making certain you have the correct family and getting the most from what the manifest says. Attendees may wish to purchase our US Passenger Lists at Ancestry.com ($8.50) webinar which discusses searching these lists or our Crossing the Pond ($8.50) webinar which focuses the methodology of tracing immigrant origins in the 18th and 19th centuries.	Add to cart
26 July 2012	8:30 PM CST	The American Revolution at Fold3.com	$8.50	This webinar will discuss American Revolutionary War service records, benefit records, and other Revolutionary War materials on Fold3.com. Search approaches for these materials will also be discussed.	Add to cart.
24 July 2012	1:00 PM CST	Working With Your Ancestry.com Tree: Part 2, Corrections	$8.50	Have you merged records into your genealogical database and have “repeat” ancestors, ancestors married twice to the same person and other errors? We’ll see how to make corrections to these problems and others. We’ll also look at how to minimize making these mistakes again.	Add to cart

Black's Law Dictionary

Free PDF copies of out of copyright Black's Law Dictionary can be downloaded here:

http://nfpcar.org/Archive/Blacks_Law/

Do You Know Your Soundex Equivalents?

I was looking for Uncle Claude Sartorius in various indexes today, using a Soundex-based search.

After a little frustration, I had to remind myself that one variant--Satorius--is not the Soundex equivalent of Sartorius.

When you perform Soundex-based searches, do you keep yourself aware of which variants are Soundex equivalents and which ones are not?

Reminders When Using Online Indexes

Just a few reminders when using online indexes:

• Get a copy of the original.
• Indexers are human and make errors.
• Handwriting on some records is difficult to read.
• Some indexes are incomplete--determine what records are actually included in the index.