Posts in December 6, 2020

Many genealogists have ancestors who farmed. Some of us have only ancestors who were farmers. One of the difficulty in researching farming ancestors is learning more about their details of their life and their farm. For those in the United States, these are some ways to discover more about your agricultural ancestors: Fully look at all information provided on any US census record. Census records 1850 and after do sometimes provide information about the value of the real property owned (1850 and 1860). Do not neglect any census column and read the instructions for that question if you do not understand it. Census questions and enumerator instructions are on the Census.gov site. Determine if any agricultural censuses were taking during your ancestors lifetime. There were several US agricultural […]