Changes to Ancestry and Family Search

During our May class we talked about the changes to the Ancestry Library Addition that should make it easier to search.  The site now allows you to put in details about dates or family members at the beginning, rather than having to wade through as many pseudo-hits.  Click on any image to enlarge it.

In addition, there are new military databases online.  The military pension records are one good example of a source that furnishes vital data- here you see not just how much they were paid on their pension, and for how long, but when the soldier died, and when his widow got the pension or died.

Finally, FamilySearch.org also changed their interface.  You can always click on the blue button that says "Go to previous site", though it would be good to get used to the new version, as I suspect the old version will disappear in time.  Note the blue circles below- you can learn via online video seminars and articles, index records, look at family trees submitted to the LDS, or look at 17000 full text books with family and local histories.  There is even a book on the Bell and Eichel families of Fountain online, with a great story of their immigration to California.

Contact me if you have questions,

Pam

Other censuses

Our March topic was other censuses: non-population (agriculture, industry, manufacturing and social stats), derelict and deficient (to include deaf, idiots, orphans and institutionalized persons and prisoners), Indian rolls, mortality, etc.


Some of these have been posted at various sites online, and a google search may reveal them.  For example, the mortality schedules for El paso County, Colorado are on this USGenWeb site:  http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/elpaso.htm


These lists from Ancestry's website show some of what they have available. 

Mortality. Which states are included?

The following table shows for which states and years mortality schedules exist. Those in bold are ones that Ancestry.com has, while more will be added.

1850	1860	1870	1880
Alabama	Alabama	Alabama	Alabama
Arizona	Arizona (in part as part of New Mexico Territory)	Arizona (Territory)	Arizona (Territory)
Arkansas	Arkansas	Arkansas	Arkansas
California	California	California	California
Colorado		Colorado (Territory)	Colorado
Connecticut	Connecticut	Connecticut	Connecticut
Delaware	Delaware	Delaware	Delaware
District of Columbia	District of Columbia	District of Columbia	District of Columbia
Florida	Florida	Florida	Florida
Georgia	Georgia	Georgia	Georgia
Idaho		Idaho (Territory)	Idaho (Territory)
Illinois	Illinois	Illinois	Illinois
Indiana	Indiana	Indiana	Indiana
Iowa	Iowa	Iowa	Iowa
Kansas	Kansas (Territory)	Kansas	Kansas
Kentucky	Kentucky	Kentucky	Kentucky
Louisiana	Louisiana	Louisiana	Louisiana
Maine	Maine	Maine	Maine
Maryland	Maryland	Maryland	Maryland
Massachusetts	Massachusetts	Massachusetts	Massachusetts
Michigan	Michigan	Michigan	Michigan
Minnesota (Territory)	Minnesota	Minnesota	Minnesota
Mississippi	Mississippi	Mississippi	Mississippi
Missouri	Missouri	Missouri	Missouri
Montana		Montana (Territory)	Montana (Territory)
Nebraska	Nebraska (Territory)	Nebraska	Nebraska
Nevada (as part of Utah Territory)	Nevada as part of Utah Territory)	Nevada	Nevada
New Hampshire	New Hampshire	New Hampshire	New Hampshire
New Jersey	New Jersey	New Jersey	New Jersey
New Mexico (Territory)	New Mexico (Territory)	New Mexico (Territory)
New York	New York	New York	New York
North Carolina	North Carolina	North Carolina	North Carolina
North Dakota	North Dakota	North Dakota	North Dakota
Ohio (counties H-W only)	Ohio	Ohio (Seneca County only)	Ohio (Adams to Geaugan counties only)
Oregon (Territory)	Oregon	Oregon	Oregon
Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania
Rhode Island	Rhode Island	Rhode Island	Rhode Island
South Carolina	South Carolina	South Carolina	South Carolina
South Dakota	South Dakota	South Dakota	South Dakota
Tennessee	Tennessee		Tennessee
Texas	Texas	Texas	Texas
Utah (Territory)	Utah (Territory)	Utah (Territory)	Utah (Territory)
Vermont	Vermont	Vermont	Vermont
Virginia	Virginia	Virginia	Virginia
Washington (as part of Oregon Territory)	Washington (Territory)	Washington (Territory)	Washington (Territory)
West Virginia (as part of Virginia)	West Virginia (as part of Virginia)	West Virginia	West Virginia
Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
Wyoming		Wyoming (Territory)	Wyoming (Territory)

This data, also from Ancestry, shows which schedules exist for which states. 

State	Citation
	United States. Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880 (formerly in the custody of the Daughters of the American Revolution), and Related Indexes, 1850-1880. T655, 30 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
Arkansas	United States. Eighth census of the United States, 1860, Arkansas, mortality and Tenth census of the United States, 1880, Arkansas, mortality [microform] F410.C46 1850a, 1860a, 1870a, 1880a. University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas
California	Nonpopulation Census Schedules for California, 1850-1880. Microfilm, 4 rolls. The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Colorado	United States. Schedules of the Colorado State Census, 1885. Schedule 5, Mortality. M158, 8 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Florida	United States. Schedules of the Florida State Census of 1885. Schedule 5, Mortality. M845, 13 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Illinois	United States. Nonpopulation Census Schedules for Illinois, 1850-1880. T1133, rolls 58-64. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
Iowa	United States. Nonpopulation Census Schedules for Iowa, 1850-1880. T1156, rolls 54-62. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
Kansas	United States. Non-population Census Schedules for Kansas, 1850-1880. T1130, rolls 1, 3, and 42-44. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
Maine	Non-population Census Schedules for Maine, 1850-1880. Microfilm, 4 rolls. Maine State Archives, Augusta.
Massachusetts	United States. Nonpopulation Census Schedules for Massachusetts, 1850-1880. T1204, rolls 9-10, 17, 22-23, and 37-40. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
Michigan	United States. Nonpopulation Census Schedules for Michigan, 1850: Mortality Schedules (in the custody of the State Library of Michigan) 1850. T1163, 1 roll. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
Michigan	United States. Nonpopulation Census Schedules for Michigan, 1850-1880 (in the custody of the Michigan State Archives), 1850-1880. T1164, rolls 15, 26-27, and 74-77. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
Montana	United States. Nonpopulation Census Schedules for Montana, 1870 and 1880. M1806, 1 roll. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Nebraska	United States. Nonpopulation Census Schedules for Nebraska, 1860-1880. T1128, rolls 2-3 and 14-15. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. United States. Schedules of the Nebraska State Census of 1885. M352, rolls 1–56. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
New Hampshire	United States. Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880. M # 231.01 – M # 231.13. New Hampshire Archives and Records Management, Concord, New Hampshire.
New Jersey	United States. Nonpopulation Census Schedules for New Jersey, 1850-1880: Mortality. M1810, 4 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
Ohio	United States. Nonpopulation Census Schedules for Ohio, 1850-1880. T1159, rolls 14-15, 29-30, and 102-104. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
North Carolina	United States. Nonpopulation Census Schedules for North Carolina, 1850-1880: Mortality and Manufacturing. M1805, rolls 1-5. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
Pennsylvania	United States. Non-Population Census Schedules for Pennsylvania, 1850-1880: Mortality. M1838, 11 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
South Carolina	United States. Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880. South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
Texas	United States. Nonpopulation Census Schedules for Texas, 1850-1880. T1134, rolls 53 and 55-60. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
Utah and Vermont	United States. Nonpopulation Census Schedules for Utah Territory and Vermont, 1870: Mortality. M1807, 1 roll. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Virginia	United States. Nonpopulation Census Schedules for Virginia, 1850-1880. T1132, rolls 1, 10, and 18-19. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
Virginia	United States. Eighth Census of the United States for the Northern District of Halifax County, Virginia, 1860: Schedules of Free Inhabitants, Slave Inhabitants, Mortality, Agriculture, Industry, and Social Statistics, 1860. M1808, 1 roll. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Washington	United States. Non-population Census Schedules for Washington Territory, 1860-1880. A1154, roll 3. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Wisconsin	United States. United States Census Schedules for Wisconsin. Series 1675-1677, 4 rolls. Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin.