Follow Friday – Conference Keeper Website

[Editor's Note: Today's post was written by Richard Hanson.]

Local genealogist Virginia Kysh recently found a useful calendar of upcoming genealogical conventions called Conference Keeper (www.conferencekeeper.net). It lists local, state, national and international genealogical conferences. It also includes calls for papers, writers events, a #genchat schedule and conference alerts.

If you look on the list for California, you will see an announcement for Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society's 2014 annual seminar.

Spring Seminar: Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society

Apr 5, 2014; Fair Oaks, CA. Website.

Census Sunday – Census Finder

[Editor's Note: Today's post was written by Richard Hanson.]

FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com are not the only online sources for census records. Both domestic and international census databases are posted elsewhere in whole or in part. But finding them can be a bit of a challenge. Ditto for finding free versions of them.

One solution, more structured and focused than Cyndi's List, is the website Census Finder (http://www.censusfinder.com).

Census Finder provides a listing of over 40,000 census links. If you can't find what you want through the posted census websites, each page also provides related links and identifies the traditional sources for vital records.

Root Cellar's New Website is up and running!!

One of the new features of our website is the ability for visitors to post question on our Forums page, and hopefully, someone will respond with the correct answer. We have several categories for posting: Frequently Asked Questions (mainly dealing with Root Cellar and its website), and General Genealogy & How–To (for those questions about what to do next or to refine what you have already done). There are several forum categories that deal with questions about major genealogical software including Reunion of the Mac, Legacy Family Tree, Roots Magic, and Family Tree Maker. We will expand these last categories as the need arises.
Posted by Ron Setzer