Carol Stetser
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Christmas Traditions
December 11, 2020 Last week LCGS had its annual Holiday party. Like so many other things in 2020, this year’s get-together was unusual since it was held via Zoom rather than the usual dinner at a local restaurant. I always enjoy the holiday party since it’s the one time a year that members meet for …
Non-Population Schedules and State Censuses
December 4, 2020 This week I want to finish up with my review of the censuses by talking a bit about non-population schedules and state censuses. These records are often overlooked but can add “flesh to the bones” of a family story by giving details about individuals and the communities they lived in. Non-population …
Differences in Various Censuses
November 27, 2020 The last couple of weeks I’ve written about census records, and today I want to continue on that theme by discussing the differences between the various United States Censuses. Although all of the censuses were meant to enumerate the population of the United States at a specific date, the censuses varied on …