Learn what information is available in each census as well as what other census records exist besides the well known population schedules. This lecture also discusses State census records that exist in addition to the Federal records.

Drew will show us to use the FAN research technique. Similar to cluster research, FAN research helps locate and identify our relatives using their Friends, Associates and Neighbors. Their FAN Club!

Members helping members We are a diverse group. Almost all of us came to Florida from a different part of the country or world. All of us have diverse research interests depending upon where our ancestors came from and what they did during their lives. However, that very diversity means that many of the sources we use will overlap with those of other members. Add to that that the internet has been changing rapidly over recent years. More data is available than ever before. None of us has the ability to find all of what is out there. So the question we have is, "What website(s) have I found useful that might be helpful to other people?" Come along to the meeting with up to three websites that answer the question and we'll go around the room and see who's interested in the results. For some, we might use the big computer screen on the wall to demonstrate. We'll try to make a list of them all to share around with our members.

The presentation recounts the research involved in identifying New England and Mid-West Union soldiers whose burials in St. Augustine, Florida, were lost to time. The research begins with an 1865 stereogram photograph housed at the Library of Congress. Attendees will learn methods of researching record groups for men whose names were not known. This involves working within locality related sources to identify potential men, and then verifying them through other documentation. A case study illustrates the methods and highlights some of the documentation used to solve this research problem and to connect these men to their families.