NY Public Library Blog Posts On Genealogy- Obituaries and Census

Posted by: Jan Meisels Allen

Philip Sutton, of the Milstein Division of US History, Local History and Genealogy of the NY Public Library, advised on a listserve for librarians serving the genealogical community, about two blog posts from the NY Public Library which you may find of interest:

1. The Great Obituary Hunt: A Genealogy Research Guide,
http://tinyurl.com/d6n3hu4
original url:
http://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/11/09/great-obituary-hunt-genealogy-research-guide

and

2.Everyone Counts: Using the Census in Genealogy
http://tinyurl.com/7mostbn
original url:
http://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/12/08/everyone-counts-using-census-genealogy-research

Jan Meisels Allen
IAJGS Vice President
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee