Fire, Water, and the 1890 U.S. Census: Researching Beyond the Ashes and Mold
Elizabeth Williams Gomoll, CG®
Content
Welcome
2m 42s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 27s
Introduction
6m 23s
Questions asked
6m 35s
The First Fire
14m 11s
Census substitutes
14m 33s
Announcements / prizes
4m 47s
Questions / answers
5m 47s
About this webinar
Most genealogists are aware the 1890 federal census was destroyed by fire in 1921. Learn the story behind this historical and genealogical tragedy and how to research around the loss of that precious record.
About the speaker
Elizabeth Williams Gomoll, CG®, is co-editor of the Minnesota Genealogist quarterly journal, and president of the Association for Professional Genealogists Northland Chapter. She has served three term...
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Comments (187)
I'd like to get a copy of the syllabus. Can I get it without joining? For Elizabeth's program on 1890 census.
Hi Ann - the syllabus materials are a webinar membership benefit. Information about membership is found at <a href="https://legacy.familytreewebinars.com/memberships-c11.php" rel="nofollow ugc">https://legacy.familytreewebinars.com/memberships-c11.php</a>.
Was looking forward to watching this video, don't usually have opportunity/time to. Said it was free through 9/1/2021, but it stopped after the speakers introduction and asked me to join if I wanted to watch the rest of it.
Brent, try it now. You should be able to watch it. -Marian
What an awesome presentation!!!! Gave me a lot of ideas!!!
Just a correction: The Michigan State Census of 1894 is not complete. Several counties are missing including Wayne County.
Thanks!
Thank you for this correction. I have amended my slide and handout.
Great information. So sad.
Very interesting.
Absolutely fantastic! It was definitely an eye-opener to see just how much of the census was actually NOT destroyed by the fire but the aftermath instead! I absolutely plan on digging into some of the resources touched on in the webinar to try and find my own "missing" relatives for the 1890 time frame. Thank you so much!
Very well presented. I found that my state of interest had a state record made.