A friend of mine from high school today sent me a link that other genealogists should be interested in. According to the 2010 census participation map, so far, only 46% of the census forms sent out at the start of March have been completed and returned. The stats so far shows the top five states as North Dakota (58%), South Dakota (57%), Nebraska (57%), Wisconsin (54%) and Iowa (54%). We played our part to become part of the current top five states.
Returning the form in the mail means that a census worker won't have to knock on your door to ask you the same questions. You've sent your form back, right?
Lot's of work and a new mystery
So it's been a while since my last post. I'm a bit busy with preparations for the MATC Portfolio Show where I will be exhibiting my photography next month, but I have had a few minutes here and there to do some more research.
I had started on a couple of posts describing how I was working through the keying tools for both Family Search and Ancestry, adding to the indexes of new records that will soon be on both sites (and my frustration on going through one census page from Minnesota that was mostly German and Austrian immigrants). I also started another post about receiving our own 2010 Census form in the mail recently and that we had saved a photocopy of the form for future generations of researchers in my own family. Finally, I also started a post on my trials in evaluating Roots Magic and whether or not I will be switching databases any time soon. But, mostly because I didn't have a chance to fully flesh out my blog ideas on these topics, none of these posts got published.
Now, I've got a bit of a mystery...
I had started on a couple of posts describing how I was working through the keying tools for both Family Search and Ancestry, adding to the indexes of new records that will soon be on both sites (and my frustration on going through one census page from Minnesota that was mostly German and Austrian immigrants). I also started another post about receiving our own 2010 Census form in the mail recently and that we had saved a photocopy of the form for future generations of researchers in my own family. Finally, I also started a post on my trials in evaluating Roots Magic and whether or not I will be switching databases any time soon. But, mostly because I didn't have a chance to fully flesh out my blog ideas on these topics, none of these posts got published.
Now, I've got a bit of a mystery...
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