Saturday Serendipity (April 25, 2020)

Just a few suggested reads for this weekend.

1.   The Weekly Genealogist of NEHGS provided links to two timely and interesting articles this week.  The first is about the evolution of the U.S. Census, which can be read here.  The second is about how people reacted to the 1918 Influenza pandemic and the methods they used to avoid infection.  You can access the article here.

2.   James Tanner, of Genealogy's Star blog, posted Part Three of his series "How to Analyze Genealogical Sources" this week.  You can read it here. 

3.   It seems many genealogy bloggers are less than enthused about the 2020 federal census ( I am one of them having previously blogged about my opinion here).  This week, Nancy Messier, of My Ancestors and Me blog, posted about comparing the 1850 Census with the latest 2020 Census.  Read her take on the winner between the two by going here.

4.   Have you ever considered Find-A-Grave as "cousin bait" -- a way to find and connect with previously unknown cousins?  Marian Wood, of Climbing My Family Tree blog, thinks that maybe we should and she provides an explanation and example of how and why.  You can read the post here.

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Copyright 2020, John D. Tew

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