The Year Ahead – July 24

In the January/February 2024 issue of Family Tree Magazine, they have introduced The Year Ahead, 366 genealogy tips will make 2024 your best research year yet by Lisa A Alzo. Lisa mapped out a day-by-day research plan.

July 24 – Revisit a family’s census records, and make notes about their neighbors. Do you see any familiar names?

I find my relatives in small communities being neighbors. Sometimes, a child of my ancestor might go and live with a neighbor as a farm hand or helping in the home. Census records are still my first record I like to visit to get a snapshot of the family unit.

Remember to have fun and Just do Genealogy!