Midterm 2 Flashcards
(50 cards)
Original/ Primary Records
-created at the time and place of the event by someone with that responsibility (church or govt.)
examples of an original record
- birth and death records (in state after 1900)
- marriage records (after 1900 they’r done on the county level)
- Vital records (birth, marriage, death)
- church records (baptism/christening, marriage, burial)
- land deeds
- naturalization and citizenship applications
- probate records
compiled/secondary
-data compiled from original record
examples of compiled records
- family indexes
- family histories
- county histories
- most websites
1790-1840 census
- head of household
- number of household members and general age groups
why a census
- in U.S/ wanted to count everyone to determine how many representativesf rom each state go to Congress
- used to be direct taxation
1850 census
- gender
- name
- approximate age of everyone in the household
- occupation
- place of birth, state or country
1880 census
- relationship to head of house
- 3 places of birth for everyone (theirs, and their parents)
1890 census
destroys in a fire - not much remains
1900 census
- year of immigration for foreign people
- naturalization
- month and year of brith
- number of years married
- how many children born to mother
- how many children are alive
1910 census
-country and language for immigrants
1920 census
-country and language separate columns
1930 census
- occupation
- where they work
- can you speak english
- when did you come here
1940 census
- x in a circle next to who provided the information
- where were they 5 years ago (same house, same town, write where they were)
what is the most recent census available to the public
- 1940
- public release happens are 72 years
- 1950 will be in 2022
census records in the states
-on the 5s
Civil Records
- outside of the United States
- one office that has birth, marriage, and death records
Parish
- smallest unit of a Christian church
- located wherever the numbers are sufficient
- records are kept in the vicarage
- population is established by the church
- rural parish often included several towns cities will have more than one parish
- has baptism/christenings, proclamation/arriages, death/burials
- they change
Vital Records
- in the US
- birth, marriage, death
- most records were kept by counties prior to 1900
- 20th century states star keeping birth and death - marriages are still county
Church Records
- 1st church records in Europe are 1500
- christenings, marriages, burials and other events
what info is in a christening
- child’s name
- parents names
- godparents/witnesses names
- date of christening
what is in a church marriage record
- date of marriage
- names of brie and groom
- sometimes the names of the parents
what is in a burial record
- date of burial
- deceased name and age
- sometimes residence
reasons for immigration
- economic - land ownership
- religious freedom
- escape bondage of Europe - bad living conditions, choose an occupation etc