INTERNET GENEALOGY (JUNE-JULY 2016)

Internet Genealogy 11:2 (June-July 2016) offers several articles of possible interest to our genealogists. Of special interest:

Online Genealogy Sources for Researching the Great Depression (pp.18-21): A discussion of some easily accessible records that can help you flesh out the lives of Depression-era (1929-1941) American ancestors. For example:

• 1930 U.S. Census
• 1940 U.S. Census
• State census (1935 available for a few states)
• School census (exist for a few states)
• City directories and telephone books
• Civilian Conservation Corps records
• Farm Security Administration photos
• Office of War Information photos
• Historic American Buildings Survey
• Federal Writers Project
• State Emergency Relief Program database (OK)
• Old Age Pension database (ID)

 The author provides a description of and URL for each of these potential genealogical gold mines.