Mitch recently discovered a
great video, Ken Burns' Horatio's Drive. He also wants to
know if other listeners know of other movies or documentaries that
are historically educational.
Jennifer is seeking court
transcripts of a murder trial in Harford County, Maryland, and a
federal trial in the Baltimore Circuit Court in
1922-1923.
Gary asked for information
about census enumerators' instructions for listing names on
censuses. George points to the Minnesota Population Center's IPUMS
site at http://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/tEnumInstr.shtml for
1850 to 1950 instructions. He also asks for information about the
availability of census Enumeration District maps.
Jeff asks for advice about how
to handle birth date discrepancies where the Kentucky records list
one date and family tradition insists it is another
date.
Richard has started his first
blog at http://yehlegenealogy.blogspot.com, and he has posted
some photos and postcard images from La Plata, Argentina. He hopes
people will see his blog and recognize locations and people
shown.
Gus asked for guidance about
the dictionary of first names that Drew spoke about in a previous
episode. The book is the New American Dictionary of First
Names. Please see last week's show notes for title and author
details.
Judy responds to Drew's
challenge to locate Chambers Street in the 1920 census. She also
suggests that Drew check the WWI Draft Registration cards for his
William H. Smith. (He did after the podcast and found some good
information.)
Helen Shaw has published an
article about the Maine Legislature's actions concerning limiting
access to that state's vital records. Check this link.
Chris asks for advice about how
common are name spelling and birth/death date errors from the 1800s
and early 1900s.
Marily asks for help with
tracing her great-great-grandfather who died in the Civil
War.
Tim is seeking details on his
great-grandfather who was orphaned in Oklahoma. He has located
Dawes papers and wants suggestions on how to continue.
George reviews several books
this week:
Genealogical Proof
Standard: Building a Solid Case by Christine Rose
Scots-Irish Links - Part
Eight by David Dobson
Chickasaw by Blood
Enrollment Cards, 1898-1914 - Volume III - transcribed by Jeff
Bowen
The Surnames of North West
Ireland: Concise Histories of the Major Surnames of Gaelic and
Planter Origin by Brian Mitchell
Defenders of the Plantation
of Ulster, 1641-1691, compiled by Brian Mitchell
George G. Morgan and Drew Smith discuss genealogy on The Genealogy Guys Podcast
Drew Smith interviews leaders of the genealogy community on Genealogy Connection