Friday, May 4th, 2012 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, May 6th, 2012 at 5:30 pm
GUESTS:
BENNETT GREENSPAN, President and CEO,
FAMILY TREE DNA
GEORGE A. ALLEN, President
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. – Houston Chapter
SUSAN KAUFMAN, Manager
Clayton Library for Genealogical Research
Houston Public Library
Now more than ever, we as a community are interested, and often fascinated, with our own past – who are we, where we come from, and what is our personal history? Books, documentaries and even shows like PBS' "Finding Our Roots" – are capturing our attention… And now we can find these answers more easily than at any other time in our history – through the use of dedicated libraries, the internet and even with the use of science and DNA testing. This week on Houston 8, a look at how we can rebuild our family histories.
Extra Links:
Bennett Greenspan bio (PDF)
Susan Kaufman bio (PDF)
Free sites:
www.familysearch.org
[free. Has many components to the website, including a direct name search box; digital content, both actual record documents and digital book content; the library catalog to order microfilm to be sent to Clayton from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City; a learning center with videos and wikis...]
www.stevemorese.org
[one-step guides and searches for variant sources including Ellis Island and the 1940 Census among others]
www.cyndislist.com
[an directory to the internet for genealogy topics]
www.usgenweb.com
[a volunteer driving website by geographic location that has a lot of cool "stuff" that you won’t find in other places such as indexes, photos, transcriptions, all kinds of things. Visit here often and things are always being added]
HeritageQuest
[a database available via the Houston Public Library website, accessible for free at home with an HPL library card. Census; periodical index; digital books can all be found here]
www.houstonlibrary.org
[click on research – click on genealogy – click on HeritageQuest – enter library card number]
Subscription website:
www.ancestry.com
[the major subscription genealogy website. You can sign up for a free 2 week trial]
Images of the 1940 census are available at:
1940census.archives.gov
[United States National Archives - Free]
https://www.familysearch.org/1940census/
[FamilySearch]
http://www.findmypast.com/
[findmypast.com subscription site, but 1940 census is free]
http://www.archives.com/1940census
[archives.com (not the National Archives) subscription site, 1940 census is free]
To help index the 1940 census visit:
The1940census.com
