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genchat, 12 hours ago to genealogy

#genchat in just a few days! Let’s talk about Chain Migration & #genealogy ! @genchat

genchat, 12 days ago to genchat

And of course, feel free to keep chatting. There's always something to share & #genchat is a good place to do it! @genchat

RobertJackson58585858, 12 days ago to random

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A happy hour!

Thank you for your company ... will catch up with the after time chat later.

Time well spent!!

genchat, 12 days ago to genchat

Well, we've come to the end of the #genchat hour! Thanks all for your enthusiastic participation! Next time, we have another installment in our Immigration Series about Chain Migration on May 11. Remember what you've learned today! @genchat

genchat, 12 days ago to genchat

Last night, Diane mentioned church records, specifically baptismal records mentioning godparents' names. To that, I'd have to add marriage records with witnesses & even burial records. #genchat @genchat

genchat, 12 days ago to genchat

Almost forgot...last night, Lacey said that she found quite a few FANs in her family's correspondence. (After all, that's usually what people write about, right?) #genchat @genchat

genchat, 12 days ago to genchat

A cool tip Michael had was to map out (like on Google Maps) where the FANs lived, to put the "where" with the "who". #genchat @genchat

genchat, 12 days ago to genchat

Jan mentioned other resources to find FANs as well: city directories, property viewers, obituaries #genchat @genchat

edintone, 12 days ago to genchat

Perhaps for obvious reasons, as family historian, families are reluctant to have funeral / wake photographs. However I have found it can sometimes work (sensitively) and everyone seems happy to participate. Anyone else been there? #genchat @genchat

genchat, 12 days ago to genchat

And speaking of my aunt, she has identified quite a few family friends & acquaintances in those photos & told me: "you should look into these people!" Haven't found much yet, though. They're all Lithuanian & are as hard as our own ancestors! #genchat @genchat

edintone, 12 days ago to genchat

@genchat #genchat What I like about FAN clubs is the water has not been muddied by the genealogy companies (yet). So you do have to do your own work! Proper genealogy!

RobertJackson58585858, 12 days ago to random

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Good afternoon all, Sorry I'm late.

I enjoyed reading Jan's repost of the finding of Mary Smith earlier.

Now to catch up :)

genchat, 12 days ago to genchat

Oh, by the way: if you look earlier in the hashtag #genchat you'll see that Jan left us some presents (links) from last night! @genchat

genchat, 12 days ago to genchat

Let's chat free-form about this! What have you researched? How have you researched? How has looking at FANs helped you? #genchat @genchat

genchat, 12 days ago to genealogy

Hello, #genchat & welcome to our open mic about friends, associates & neighbors (FAN Club) in our #genealogy research! @genchat

genchat, 16 days ago to genchat

Friends, associates, neighbors, “and the rest”… a fun #genchat coming up this Saturday! @genchat

genchat, 26 days ago to genchat

Just to shoehorn this in:
Q6 #genchat Name some resources that can help us get the most from tax records. @genchat

genchat, 26 days ago to genchat

Q5 #genchat What other avenues of research can tax records lead you to? @genchat (Kind of the opposite of Q1)

genchat, 26 days ago to genchat

A4 #genchat @genchat Last night, we'd pretty much concluded that federal-level returns would not be available. But perhaps they may be as Jan pointed out, " Once tax records become archival, the archive's rules apply just as they would with any other historical records."

genchat, 26 days ago to genchat

Q4 #genchat Can we order our ancestors’ tax records from the government? @genchat

genchat, 26 days ago to genchat

A3 #genchat @genchat Some answers from last night:

Chris - Profession. Residence. How much they made. Work history. What jobs they had. Basically, it's kind of like a census but you have to pay 'em.
Jenny - Also, in tax records from the Russian Empire and Congress Poland, there will most likely be a patronymic listed for the tax payer’s father, which is valuable information. Occasionally, tax records from that area also listed the household composition of the tax payer.
Elizabeth - Land owned, improvements made (cabin, barn, etc), no land owned, livestock owned, age (look for first listing as Freeman) & then approx marriage date (now not a Freeman but had some livestock and maybe land)...
Cristina - If it's income taxes we can learn their occupation, whether they were an employee or ran their own business, and how much they made. And if they cheated on their taxes! Just kidding on that last one!

genchat, 26 days ago to genchat

Q3 #genchat What kind of useful information can be gleaned from tax records? @genchat