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 a professional board-certified genealogist. She is in her fourth term as president of the Northland Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists, was co-e...
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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.
Excellent presentation.
Very informative. I knew I missed the 1890 but after finding what's all in it, I really, really miss it.
Excellent webinar! It was fascinating to see the photos of the damage and the newspaper reports from the time, plus I hadn't realized that punch cards were being used that long ago.
Thank you for sharing the pictures of the destruction of the 1890 U.S. Census. What a catastrophic event! The lack of attempts to recover the documents is so very, very sad. But, as historians always say, one cannot move forward to the future without learning from the past. With the establishments of 40 sites for archives, it appears that we have learned a very valuable lesson from the past.