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CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY. EXPLORING THE 1940 U.S. CENSUS IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. Al Cohen’s Plaza, Raphune Hill. Workshop Info and Etiquette. Sign In Sheet Workshop Package Cellular Phones Personal Break Questions 1 Hours. CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY. About CGL.
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CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY EXPLORING THE 1940 U.S. CENSUSIN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS Al Cohen’s Plaza, Raphune Hill
Workshop Info and Etiquette • Sign In Sheet • Workshop Package • Cellular Phones • Personal Break • Questions • 1 Hours CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
About CGL Caribbean Genealogy Library • Founded 2000 • 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization • Funded by • Membership Dues • Tax-exempt contributions to the Caribbean Genealogy Library Fund of the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands • Al Cohen’s Plaza, Raphune Hill CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Why Census Records? Genealogy is the study of the origin and descent of families CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Why Census Records? To do this genealogists use RECORDS RECORDS RECORDS CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Why Census Records? Genealogists Do the research Consider the evidence Prove or disprove Draw conclusions Document findings Share results with others CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Why Census Records? Census records are: Indexed & Searchable Consistently Recorded Contemporary Provide Family Information CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Workshop Objectives • Overview of Census Records in the Virgin Islands • Danish West Indies • United States • Locating Census Records • US government website • Family History Library • Ancestry.com • Caribbean Genealogy Library • Genealogical Research with Census Records • Enumeration Districts • Data points • Research tips CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY Census Records at Caribbean Genealogy Library
Census Records – Content: U.S. and D.W.I. Danish West Indies Census Records • ProGenealogist: Gary Horlacher’s Genealogy Guide to the U.S. Virgin Islands CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Census Records at CGL • Population Census Records at Caribbean Genealogy Library • Danish West Indies, 1841-1917 • United States, 1920-1940 CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Census Records at CGL • Danish West Indies, 1841-1917 • Microfilms available at CGL 1841 1870 1846 1880 1850 1890 1855 1901 1857 1911 1860 CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Census Records at CGL • Danish West Indies, 1841-1917 • Free and Unfree census for 1841 & 1846 • Town (STT & STX) • Rural Areas & STJ CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Census Records at CGL • Danish West Indies, 1841-1917 CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Census Records at CGL • Danish West Indies, 1841-1917 • Geography & Maps • 3 Quarters of Charlotte Amalie • Street numbering system • Police Station, Fort, Prison, Asylum, Hospital CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Census Records at CGL • 1846 DWI census, No. 2 “Annanas” Strade, Blyden family, Edward age 10 CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Census Records at CGL • U.S. Population Census 1920-1940 • Released 72 years after recorded • US 1920 = DWI 1917 • Searchable on Ancestry.com (and microfilms too) CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY Locating 1940 Census Records
Locating 1940 Census Records • Locating 1940 Census Records • US government website • Family History Library • Caribbean Genealogy Library • Ancestry.com CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Locating 1940 Census Records • Finding Guy Benjamin, 1940 CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Locating 1940 Census Records • US Government Census Websites • www.census.gov/1940census/ CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Locating 1940 Census Records • US Government Census Websites • www.census.gov/1940census/ CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Locating 1940 Census Records • US Government Census Websites • 1940census.archives.gov/ CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Locating 1940 Census Records • US Government Census Websites • 1940census.archives.gov/ CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Locating 1940 Census Records • US Government Census Websites • 1940census.archives.gov/ CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Locating 1940 Census Records • Family History Library website • familysearch.org/1940census/ CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Locating 1940 Census Records • Family History Library website • familysearch.org/1940census/ CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Locating 1940 Census Records • Caribbean Genealogy Library Website • rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vicgl/1940.dwt CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Locating 1940 Census Records • Caribbean Genealogy Library Website • rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vicgl/1940.dwt CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Locating 1940 Census Records • Caribbean Genealogy Library Website • rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vicgl/1940.dwt CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Locating 1940 Census Records • Ancestry.com website • www.ancestry.com/1940-census CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Locating 1940 Census Records • Ancestry.com website • www.ancestry.com/1940-census CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Locating 1940 Census Records • Ancestry.com website • www.ancestry.com/1940-census CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Locating 1940 Census Records • Finding Guy Benjamin, 1940 CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Locating 1940 Census Records • Finding Guy Benjamin, 1940 CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY Genealogical Research with Census Records
Genealogical Research with Census Records • Genealogical Research with Census Records • Enumeration Districts • Data points • Research tips CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Genealogical Research with Census Records • Genealogical Research with Census Records Instructions to Enumerators www.census.gov/history/pdf/1940instructions.pdf CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Genealogical Research with Census Records Instructions to Enumerators CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Genealogical Research with Census Records Instructions to Enumerators CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Genealogical Research with Census Records • Enumeration Districts • Organization system for enumerators and data • For 1940’s Virgin Islands census: St. Croix: 14 districts 1-1 through 1-14 St. John: 5 districts 2-1 through 2-5 St. Thomas: 17 districts 2-6 through 2-22 • Geographically designated • Two pages per sheet within a district • Some sheets are are uninhabited locations CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Genealogical Research with Census Records • Enumeration Districts • St. John CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Genealogical Research with Census Records • Enumeration Districts • St. Thomas CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Genealogical Research with Census Records • Enumeration Districts • St. John CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Genealogical Research with Census Records • Enumeration Districts • St. Thomas CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Genealogical Research with Census Records • Enumeration Districts • St. John CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Genealogical Research with Census Records • Enumeration Districts • St. Thomas CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Genealogical Research with Census Records • Enumeration Districts • St. John CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Genealogical Research with Census Records • Enumeration Districts • St. John CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY
Genealogical Research with Census Records • Enumeration Districts • St. John CARIBBEAN GENEALOGY LIBRARY