Author: Lindsay Fulton

Providing only the name of the head of household, the 1790–1840 censuses are often overlooked by researchers because they lack the names of the other household residents. Nevertheless, these “Head of Household” census records can provide information about your ancestors and their extended family.

This guide provides background on the 1790–1840 U.S. Federal Census tabulation process, surviving records, enumeration questions (by year), as well as hints for using the census to break down brick walls.

Learn how to get the most from these family-oriented records that include will or administration documents, legal name changes, divorce records, guardianships or conservatorships, and unsealed adoption records. Includes explanations of important terms, descriptions of the steps in the probate process, and how to locate and view paper and digitized records.

By Tricia Healy Mitchell

Published: April 2019 

8 ½ x 11 laminated, 4 pages

This indispensable guide helps you get the most out of sacramental records, such as the Boston Archdiocese parish records now available at AmericanAncestors.org. Also includes how to locate and access non-sacramental records and an overview of research strategies for finding your Catholic ancestors.

The four-page laminated guide can fit easily in your research binder.

By Jeanne Belmonte

In 1790 western Massachusetts was a crossroads for New England families heading west into New York or north into Vermont. The transient nature of these families, especially during the post-Revolutionary War years, presents certain genealogical challenges. Building on the third volume of Western Massachusetts Families in 1790 published in 2017, this fourth volume contains another seventy highly detailed genealogical sketches of heads of households--along with lists of their children—living in what are now Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin Counties.

Building on the second volume of Western Massachusetts Families in 1790 that was published in 2016, this third volume contains another seventy-five highly detailed genealogical sketches of heads of households along with lists of their children living in what are now Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties. Sketches are contributed by American Ancestors members and skillfully edited and indexed by expert genealogist, Helen Schatvet Ullmann, CG, FASG.

This volume includes entries for the following surnames:

The next seventy-five sketches in the Western Massachusetts Families in 1790 Study Project.

This volume includes entries for the following surnames:

In 1790 Western Massachusetts was a crossroads for New England families heading west into New York or north into Vermont. The transient nature of families living in this area, especially during the post-Revolutionary War years, presents certain genealogical challenges.Western Massachusetts Families in 1790 contains fifty genealogical sketches of heads of households and a listing of their children. Contributed by American Ancestors members, these compiled sketches provide a major addition to the published research on this region.

This PG shows you how to advance genealogical research into Rhode Island ancestors using the information from the state census, which was first taken as early as 1742 and as late as 1935.

The four-page laminated guide can fit easily in your research binder.

By Zachary Garceau

Synopsis: The New Haven Town Records, 1769 - 1819 is a fully annotated and indexed primary source transcription of the minutes of New Haven's Town Meetings over what is arguably the most significant half century of the city's long history.

This volume continues where the “Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut”, published in 1928, left off in April 1663. At first the court is sometimes a “Particular Court”, sometimes an Assistants Court, but mostly these are the records of the county court. This title will be a valuable resource for those investigating the people of this place and time period.

By Helen Schatvet Ullmann
Published: 2005