http://www.randomgenealogy.com Collecting random bits of genealogy news. Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:09:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/05/11/study-those-surrounding-families/ http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/05/11/study-those-surrounding-families/#comments Thu, 11 May 2006 14:01:25 +0000 George Lewis http://www.randomgenealogy.com/?p=600 "Along Those Lines" column from last week, concerned the importance of documenting and studying past census information (as well as other related documents). Specifically - study the families around the person(s) you are researching, as at some point there is a good chance they'll be connected in some way (among other reasons, which George notes).]]> http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/05/11/study-those-surrounding-families/feed/ 0 http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/05/11/canadians-become-part-of-history-through-census/ http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/05/11/canadians-become-part-of-history-through-census/#comments Thu, 11 May 2006 13:55:27 +0000 George Lewis http://www.randomgenealogy.com/?p=599 Become part of history through census, that discusses the ongoing debate in Canada over allowing people to hold back their 2006 Census information from future generations. To be more precise, Canadians can opt out of having their census information released in 2098 (the normal 92 year cycle), and genealogists are working to insure that they realize the impact this would have.]]> http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/05/11/canadians-become-part-of-history-through-census/feed/ 0 http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/05/01/the-1841-uk-census-and-interest-in-it/ http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/05/01/the-1841-uk-census-and-interest-in-it/#comments Mon, 01 May 2006 14:14:19 +0000 George Lewis http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/05/01/the-1841-uk-census-and-interest-in-it/ Financial Times, half a million genealogists visited Ancestry.co.uk after they placed the 1841 census. Apparently this was the first "comprehensive" census in the UK, which led to this rush.]]> http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/05/01/the-1841-uk-census-and-interest-in-it/feed/ 0 http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/04/27/it%e2%80%99s-all-relative-getting-down-to-it/ http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/04/27/it%e2%80%99s-all-relative-getting-down-to-it/#comments Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:15:50 +0000 George Lewis http://www.randomgenealogy.com/?p=583 It’s All Relative: Getting down to it in Ynetnews, if you happen to be into Jewish genealogy. It's about an upcoming Jewish genealogy conference that is huge. ]]> http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/04/27/it%e2%80%99s-all-relative-getting-down-to-it/feed/ 0 http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/04/24/talk-of-2006-canadian-census-headstones/ http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/04/24/talk-of-2006-canadian-census-headstones/#comments Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:48:03 +0000 George Lewis http://www.randomgenealogy.com/?p=575 The Genealogue mentions that headstone information will become optional as well]]> http://www.randomgenealogy.com/2006/04/24/talk-of-2006-canadian-census-headstones/feed/ 0