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Virtual They Had Names

Children Represented by Tick Marks in the Pre-1850 Censuses

Early 19th Century censuses represented children in households with nameless tick marks. Join Denise Cross and find out tools and methods to try identifying these individuals.

Early nineteenth century censuses represented children in a household with nameless tick marks in gender and age categories. Their identities can be discovered despite the absence of birth records by using the tick marks to determine an approximate birth year then build an exhaustively researched FAN for the head of household. Correlation tools, geographic proximity in land records and later censuses, and ruling out same named individuals, all provide the indirect evidence to give names to the tick marks.

This program is presented in partnership with the North Suburban Genealogical Society.

This event will be held live online using Zoom, but will be recorded.  Once you have registered, please check your email the morning of the program for a link.

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