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© Spring 2012 Thomas P. Doherty
ALL Class site: http://udel.edu/~tdoherty
http://www.delcolibraries.org/Databases_Full.htm
See center frame of class web site: http://udel.edu/~tdohertyAccess and Use of HeritageQuest Access and Use of HeritageQuest Access and Use of HeritageQuest Several
Choices
http://www.ccls.org/cwo/Find_a_Resource/Databases/DB
http://services.lib.de.us:2048/login?url=http://www.heritagequestonline.com
http://www.cecil.ebranch.info/digital-library/online-resources
Images of book pages
HeritageQuest DatabasesHeritageQuest DatabasesHeritageQuest Databases
Does your ancestor appear in any of these 28,000 books (above)
Click on “Search Census”
Images of original papers – complete files at fold3.com (was Footnote.com)
Images of original papers
Images of original papers 1790-1930 as pdf or tif files
downloadable as pdf files
or in any of these 2.3M articles in magazines or brochures (above in PERSI)?
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© Spring 2012 Thomas P. Doherty
ALL Class site: http://udel.edu/~tdoherty
Can download census image as a pdf file directlyinstead of using pdf995 or Adobe Acrobat whichare needed to print an ancestry.com image- pdf files are easily viewed on a PC or Mac, can be enlarged for transcribing and all (or selected parts) can be printed
- HeritageQuest pdf files can be of higher quality andless than 10% the file size of ancestry.com pdf images
- Smaller HeritageQuest pdf files are better for emailingDifferent indexing system than ancestry.com- may find your ancestor in one and not the otherSearch/browse while viewing ancestry.com imageUnique databases: PERSI; Freedman’s Bank and Revolutionary War Pension images; 28,000 Books
Why Use HeritageQuest/ProQuest* at all?Why Use HeritageQuest/ProQuest* at all?
* Note: you may need to either disable Norton Internet Security * Note: you may need to either disable Norton Internet Security to gain access to HeritageQuest or modify Nortonto gain access to HeritageQuest or modify Norton’’s settings s settings [see [see http://udel.edu/~tdoherty/HeritageQuestAccessWithNorton.pdfhttp://udel.edu/~tdoherty/HeritageQuestAccessWithNorton.pdf ] ]
Census: Census: AncestryAncestry vs. vs. HeritageQuestHeritageQuestFree access: udel.edu email DE public libraryUS Indexed: every-name 1930#; not 1830-50Every-name: 1790-1930 1790-1820, 1880Searching: Soundex or not* no SoundexSearching: wildcards:*,?* exact spelling onlyTranscribing: unique!! unique!!Page numbers: variable often their ownPrinting: slow faste-Formats: .jpg** pdf filesImage Quality: varies varies
*need 3 letters; wildcard ?=1 letter,*=0-6 letters; Soundex overrides wildcard**can “print” to large pdf file with Adobe/pdf995; #only CT,DE,MD,TX,VA
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ALL Class site: http://udel.edu/~tdoherty
Quality: 1880 St Louis CensusQuality: 1880 St Louis CensusQuality: 1880 St Louis Census
only an example of a quality difference - could be reversedAncestryProQuest
HeritageQuest Searching Techniques HeritageQuest Searching Techniques -- StartStart
Click on “Search”
melcher
Note “Browse” option
Note other databases on tabs
Note military census
1.Find in Ancestry. 2. Keep window open3. Search HeritageQuest
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ALL Class site: http://udel.edu/~tdoherty
HeritageQuest Searching Techniques HeritageQuest Searching Techniques -- ResultsResults
or “Expand by State”
on Melcher
Click on census
year
HeritageQuest Searching Techniques - ExpansionHeritageQuest Searching Techniques HeritageQuest Searching Techniques -- ExpansionExpansion
Click on “Melcher”
to view image
all 242 Melchers
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HeritageQuest HeritageQuest -- Viewing ImageViewing Image
Click on “Download” to save pdf file to your computer
some censuses (e.g.1870) have front & back sides to each census “page”so you may find your ancestor on the other “subpage” (same in ancestry)
Click below to see pages before and after
HeritageQuest HeritageQuest -- Viewing ImageViewing Image
Choose “pdf file” - usually easier to work with and shareChoose “tiff file” for high quality
Choose “Save to disk” (on your computer)
Note that your ancestor and the source is identified in detail
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ALL Class site: http://udel.edu/~tdoherty
HeritageQuest HeritageQuest -- Downloading ImageDownloading Image Uniquely Name Filename, census yearplace of censusage, birth placecensus page number
Identify your pdf file by how you name it
or to a flash drive
Labeling Downloaded FilesLabeling Downloaded FilesLabeling Downloaded FilesDesign your own labeling system: file in family foldersLabel with: subject’s name, age, date/place of record,type of record, possibly relationship/repository of record Assign 2-letter code to each family surname: M-, MAhttp://udel.edu/~tdoherty/ancestry.pdf
Assign unique letter code to each given name: Js, JnoIdentify each record type by code, e.g. a=vitals (bmd), b=birth, census (by yr), c=christening, cd=city directoryd=death, f=family book/bible, g=genealogy, i= burialk=confirmation, m=marriage, n=newspaper, o=obit,t=transaction(e.g.deed), v=pension, w=will, x=taxCould assign each place with a special 2 or 3-letter codehttp://udel.edu/~tdoherty/tpdsources-abv.pdf
File in computer folders named for family, Melcher, etc. e.g. birth: M-Martha(ofJohnLydia)-b28Aug1851Salem[aMA51-217].pdf
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All descendants: Edward Melcher of 1657 Portsmouth NH: selected filesAll descendants: Edward Melcher of 1657 Portsmouth NH: selected All descendants: Edward Melcher of 1657 Portsmouth NH: selected filesfilesKennedyLulaBoyd64(1912deathSpringfieldMO).pdf [death certificate]M-CharlesW78MA(wLotta60)1935FLcensus(CitrisCo-1)LDSref.pdf [census]M-ChasW-MachineryCo-ad(cdStLouis1884p1354).pdf [newspaper ad]M-Dr-ofCrowLakeJerauld-HuronRailBoard(10Aug1889StPaulDailyGlobep8).pdfM-HS(elecMayorPortland)(BostonGlobe5Mar1889)2.pdf [news]M-IsaacAdam(will-sonsLeonard-Phila)landsale(PAPacket15Aug1780).pdf [will]M-Martha(ofJohnLydia)-b28Aug1851Salem[aMA51-217].pdf [birth record]M-Melissa55ME-McClellanJeffersonCoIL(1880-467).pdf [census]M-Nathaniel-murderedbysonLevi(BrunswickME)AdamsSentinel31Aug1840.pdf M-Noah80aLandPatentJeffersonCoIL(3Mar1843)more.gif [land patent]M-Olive76ME-Boston8(MortSep1869).doc [1870 census mortality schedule]M-Orin27IL-BellevilleStClairIL(1870-356).pdf [census]M-RebeccaF77Boston(Mort1879Augp).pdf [1870 census mortality schedule]M-Rufus47ME-BellevilleStClairIL(1860-567).pdf [census]M-SamuelHenry87NH-obit2Aug1915Chicago(Tribune).pdf [obit]M-SH+prostitutes-PapersofUlyssesSGrant(12Jun1873letWHDBrown).doc [letters]M-SH-malpractice26Dec1854lettertoeditor(NHStatesman20Jan1855p1c1).pdf[news]M-SH-PrisonersWarState22(7Apr1864)2(WaroftheRebellion)NewsBank.pdf [book]M-SH-servedwithgallantryfidelity(reportGenPleasanton-NYTimes18Dec1864).pdfM-Stephen-township14IL-landgrant296(29Nov1817).pdf [land grant]M-Sylvester-d(TheFarmers'Cabinet17Mar1875-v73i36-p2).pdf [news]M-Woodbury48Liverpool-BostonPassenger(1912SSLaconia).pdf [passenger list]M-Woodbury50ofLaconia+Nina+Dorothy-shipAvonmouthQuebec(3Sep1914).pdfWaldronIsaac(ofSamuelMartha(Melcher)-d15Nov1912(NYTribuneNv12p7c6).doc
Using Using pdfpdf Files Files -- PrintingPrinting
Image Fills Page
What to do before printing file from ancestry or HeritageQuest
3.Choose pdf or paper
printer
4. Choose “Fit to Printer
Margins” and “Auto-Rotate and Center”
Click “OK”
1. Click camera
icon to draw rectangle
with cursor[alternate
(use Adobe Reader X):
“Edit”, “Take a
Snapshot”,draw
rectangle]
2.Use the Adobe printing icon (arrow)!!
2.Adobe icon
automatic
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HeritageQuest HeritageQuest -- Printing Portion of Printing Portion of pdfpdf
3. Automatically rotates to print of largest size.
1. In Adobe Reader X: Edit, Take a Snapshot; with cursor...2. Draw a smaller rectangle around what you want enlarged
4. Choose Fit to Printer Margins
HeritageQuest HeritageQuest -- Using Using ““BrowseBrowse”” ModeMode
When you “let go” of cursorthe first page of your selection will appear
Four Steps: #2 displays Four Steps: #2 displays after after you choose #1, etc.you choose #1, etc.
FIRST: Find FIRST: Find image in image in Ancestry.comAncestry.comKEEP browser KEEP browser window open,window open,OPEN 2OPEN 2ndnd
browser browser window forwindow forHeritageQuestHeritageQuest
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ALL Class site: http://udel.edu/~tdoherty
HeritageQuest Browsing: First ImageHeritageQuest Browsing: First Image
This is image you are viewing
ed #70 -- could be several enumeration districts in one city ward[image #400 (in box above) above is enumeration district #87]
enter image # -- could be 2 or more images/page
Download is same as in “search” mode
This is page you are viewing
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ALL Class site: http://udel.edu/~tdoherty
Need to order a copy of those articles you want to see, via intralibrary loan.
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ALL Class site: http://udel.edu/~tdoherty
Lists all issues Allen Co IN has
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