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Getting the Most Out of Heritage Quest
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What's In Heritage Quest?
• Census
• PERSI
• Books
• Revolutionary War
• Freedman’s Bank Records
• US Serial Set
• Tools & Extras
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Using Heritage Quest
1. Overview
2. How to Search
3. Viewing Search Results
4. Saving/Downloading Records
5. Tools & Extras
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Census Records
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Census Overview
• Ordained by the constitution (Article 1, Sec 2)
• Every 10 Years since 1790
• Determines Representation in Congress
• Gathers Statistical Data
Census Overview
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Availability
• Open to Public after 72 Years (1790-1930)
• Some Early Censuses Lost
• 1890 Census 99% Destroyed by Fire
Census Overview
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Genealogical Use• Names of parents• Names of siblings• Places of residence• Places of Birth• Native Language• Approx. year of
marriage• Month and Year of
birth (1900 census)
• Year of Immigration• Naturalization• Literacy• Marital Status• Occupations• Rent or Own Property• Native Language• War Veteran
Census Overview
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Census Overview
1840 Census Record from Grayson County, Kentucky
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Census Overview
1930 Census Record for Chicago, Illinois
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Determine who to search
• Who was named
• Who was indexed
• Name variations
Searching the Census
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Determine how to search
• No soundex available
• No wildcard/truncation available
• Search strategies
Searching the Census
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Name Search Tips
• Try alternate spellings
• Try phonetic spellings
• Omit last names and/or first names from your search.
• Search for neighbors
Census Searching
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Census Searching
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Viewing Results
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Viewing Results
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Viewing Results
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Viewing Results
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Viewing Results
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Saving Results
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Printing Results
Handy source citation
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Saving in Notebook
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Saving in Notebook
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Browse by Location
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Census Tools & Extras
Click on Help for full access to The Census Book by William Dollarhide.
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CensusTools
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Census Tools
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Census Tools
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Census Tools
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Census Tools
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Census Tools
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Searching Books in HeritageQuest Genealogy & Local History Collection of over 25,000 digitized books.
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Three Search Interfaces
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Book Searching
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Book Searching
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Book Searching
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Book Searching
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Book Searching
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Book Searching
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Book Searching
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Book Searching
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Book Searching
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Periodical Source Index (PERSI)
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PERSIOverview
• Created by Allen County Public Library
• Indexes 80% of US Genealogical Periodicals
What is PERSI?
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Genealogical Value of Periodicals
• Indexes• Vital Records• Queries• Family Histories• Pedigrees• Obituaries• Directories
• Cemetery Records• Diary Excerpts• Biographical
Sketches• Bible Records• Probate Court
Records
PERSI Overview
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PERSIOverview
Limitations of PERSI
• No Full Text Articles
• No Article Summaries or Abstracts
• No In-Depth Indexing
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Searching PERSI
1. People
2. Places
3.
4. Periodicals
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Searching PERSI
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Searching PERSI
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Requesting Articles
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Requesting Articles
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Requesting Articles
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Searching PERSI
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Searching PERSI
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Searching PERSI
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Searching PERSI
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Requesting Articles
Anderson Gray and his wife, Mary are listed, but their names were not indexed.
April 1982 Issue of Silent Footsteps
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Searching PERSI
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Searching PERSI
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Revolutionary War Records
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Rev WarRecords
Selected Records from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files (M805)
• 898 Digitized Rolls of Microfilm• 80,000 applications filed by veterans, widows, or
heirs for pensions or bounty-land warrants.
Revolutionary War Pension & Bounty Land Warrant Application Files
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Rev WarRecords
• Service information• Age of veteran• Residence• Birth information• Death information• Marriage information• Maiden names and ages of widows• Names and ages of children
Genealogical Value
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Rev WarRecords
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Rev WarRecords
Marriage Record
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Rev WarRecords
…prove that Elizabeth Hamilton is the widow and Alexander Hamilton, James A. Hamilton, John C. Hamilton, William J. Hamilton, Angelica Hamilton, Eliza Holly wife of Sidney A. Holly and Philip Hamilton are the heirs …
Letter From New York Surrogate Office
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Saving Records
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Freedman’s Bank Records
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Freedman's Savings And Trust Company 1865 – 1874
• Created by Congress to provide a safe place for newly freed slaves to deposit their money.
• 29 Branch Offices across the U.S.
Freedman’s Bank Records
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Genealogical ValueRegisters of depositors include information such as:
• Place of birth• Residence• Age• Name of employer or occupation• Name of wife or husband• Names of Children• Names of Parents• Names of Siblings
Freedman’s Bank Records
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Freedman’s Bank Records
Truncation allowed for this field only
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Freedman’s Bank Records
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Freedman’s Bank Records
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Ledger View
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Freedman’s Bank Records
1871 Bank Account Application
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U.S. Serial Set
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U.S. Serial Set
• Over 14,000 volumes of government documents spanning 1789-1969.
• Congressional journals
• Congressional reports
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Relevance to Genealogists
• Memorials
• Personal Relief Legislation
• Pension Relief
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Searching Serial Set
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ViewingResults
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ViewingResults
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Viewing Results
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Saving Results