Maidu Senior Center, 1550 Maidu Dr., Roseville, CA
Meeting 1-3 pm
Program: "1940 Census and Beyond"
An introduction to the 1940 U. S. census; released date
april2, 2012. Included will be a discussion on how best to utilize other
census, with or without Ancestry, and suggestion on how to volunteer to help
index the 1940 census.
Speaker: Dianna L Ward
Dianna has been doing genealogical research for 28 years,
professionally for 20 years. she researched multiple types of American
lineages, including New England, early New York, Native American, African
American, Canadian (primarily Ontario and Quebec), and Mexican.
Dianna worked for the Library of Michigan for several years
indexing the Michigan 1870 census, for which the Library received the Paul
W. Thurston Award. More recently, she volunteered for the Library compiling
a database of Michigan legislators, and researching some of those
legislators' lives. She is one of thousands of contributors to "find A
Grave", photographing tombstones and creating memorials if one doesn't
already exist.
Submitted by Helen Astill
Posted by Ron Setzer
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