The Year Ahead – December 8

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.

December 8 – Find censuses and census substitutes (such as tax lists) for Colonial ancestors by running a keyword search of the FamilySearch Catalog www.familysearch.org/search/catalog.

Using the catalog can open up many databases that you might not have thought about. Especially the databases that haven’t been indexed yet. If the images are available, you might have to scroll through the images, similar to using a micro-film reader to find the record you want. Don’t let a little extra work, keep you from finding the elusive record or relative.

Remember to have fun and Just do Genealogy!