[Genealib] Genealogy questions asked at the reference desk

[Kenneth Aitken]

The most common genealogy questions I handled were not the silly ones, but
GEOGRAPHIC ones.

What county is Havre Montana in now? Was that the same one in 1880?

Where in Europe is Banat?

Then come the address questiions like
What's the address for the Clerk of the Court in Lumpkin County?

Then record questions like
Is there an 1885 state cenus for Minnesota? Which counties does it cover.
How can I access this?

And some others like
Why are your county cemetery records in 929.5 and the histoies is 974...?


There are lots of analysis questions like:
I cannot find my family in the 1880 census on FamilySearch. What do I do
now?

Does that help?



On 6/21/06, Brannan, Joyce A. <jbrannan at uwa.edu> wrote:
>
> Just recently we had a woman come in and say her family reunion is in a
> month.  She can only come at four on Fridays (when we close at 5).  She
> had a reasonably good tree back to 1880, but wanted to go back at least
> before the civil war.  I found the family on the 1870 census and told
> her that the gggrandmother's name had to be wrong unless she started
> having children when she was only 9.  We found the family again in the
> 1860 census with a different mother.  When we couldn't find any vital or
> church records, I she search the local cemeteries to try to find a
> headstone for the correct gggrandmother.
>
> Joyce Adams Brannan
> Technical Services Librarian
> Julia Tutwiler Library, Station 12
> University of West Alabama
> (205) 652-3677
> jbrannan at uwa.edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
> [mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Larry
> Naukam
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 12:54 PM
> To: 'Librarians Serving Genealogists'
> Subject: RE: [Genealib] Genealogy questions asked at the reference desk
>
> In a light hearted vein, one of my favorites is: can I swing by and pick
> it
> up on the way to the reunion?
>
>
>
> Or
>
>
>
> I'm double parked. I need it right away.
>
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-- 
Kenneth G. Aitken, MLS
Family History Education Services
Regina, SK  Canada
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