An interesting page on Ancestry.com presents aggregated statistical surname data from an array of standard primary genealogical research materials. Drawing on sources such as census schedules, the Social Security Index, Civil War Enlistment papers, immigration records, and more, users query the searchable databases for surnames. In graphical and tabular formats, the inquiry yields information on where…
Month: November 2013
Digital Online Newspapers for Researching the War of 1812
While at the College of Southern Maryland doing a program on communications and newspapers during the War of 1812, the audience was interested in some of the digital newspapers that are now available online for researching this era. We had talked about how editors gathered and distributed news during the times when the region was on…