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AF-1244: Counting People Before America, Why Governments Counted, And Where The Records Hide

If you use United States census records often, you notice that the questions change when the country changes. The format changes when techno...
AF-1242: Birth Records Through Time, Part 3: Using Modern Systems to Find, Verify, and Prove Birth Information

By the time you reach the modern era, birth records feel straightforward. You search an index, order a certificate, attach it to your tree, ...
AF-1247: U.S. Census Records 1850 And Beyond, When The Federal Count Became Person By Person

By the middle of the nineteenth century, the United States had reached a point where a simple decade-by-decade household tally no longer sat...
AF-1246: U.S. Census Records 1790 to 1840, Why The Government Counted And What Changed

The first six U.S. federal censuses, from 1790 through 1840, were created primarily for government purposes. They were designed to measure p...
AF-1215: Christmas Traditions in Brazil | Ancestral Findings Podcast

Welcome back to the Christmas traditions series. Today, we’re looking at Christmas in Brazil. In Brazil, Christmas often starts late. The h...