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100
This is the first person you should enter on your family tree.
What is me (yourself)?
100
A popular commercial genealogy website that is frequently advertised on TV.
What is Ancestry.com?
100
The number of years between U.S. Federal Censuses.
What is 10 years?
100
The day that all the census questions refer to, for example, where were you living on April 1 of this year? April 1 is called this.
What is the census day?
100
The world's largest library dedicated to genealogical resources is in this city.
What is Salt Lake City?
200
Every fact you enter should be supported by one of these.
What is a source citation?
200
A genealogy website managed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
What is FamilySearch?
200
The year of the U.S. Federal Census that was almost entirely lost due to fire and water damage.
What is 1890?
200
The day that the census taker actually visited the home and collected the information is known as this.
What is the enumeration day?
200
Oregon's largest library dedicated to genealogical resources.
What is the Genealogical Forum of Oregon? (GFO)
300
This surname should be used for women.
What is their maiden name?
300
A popular free website that can help locate burial locations and markers for our ancestors.
What is Find A Grave? (or BillionGraves or Interment.net)
300
The year of the earliest U.S. Federal Census in which all members of the household are listed.
What is 1850?
300
In addition to the population census, the federal government also took enumeration of this. (Name any one other census.)
What is • Agricultural • Industrial • Manufacturing • Mortality • Slave
300
Despite the myth, immigrants did not have their surnames changed at this location.
What is Ellis Island?
400
This online resource should not be considered a reliable source.
What are online trees?
400
A major UK-based commercial genealogy site that features records for Britain and Ireland.
What is FindMyPast?
400
The year of the earliest U.S. Federal Census in which the relationship is given of everyone to the head of household.
What is 1880?
400
The first system used to index census returns in the late 1930s.
What is Soundex?
400
The process of extracting key information from genealogical records to create searchable databases.
What is indexing?
500
The four items to include (if possible) when giving locations.
What is city, county, state, country?
500
A popular directory of genealogy websites organized by categories with over 300,000 links to other sites.
What is Cyndi's List?
500
The number of years that a U.S. Federal Census is kept private before being released to the public.
What is 72 years?
500
This is the year of Laurel's favorite census.
What is 1900?
500
Genealogical research is making new strides with the use of this scientific testing.
What is DNA?