>> From usceast.cs.scarolina.edu!green%hobbes Sun Aug 30 12:39:43 1992 >> From: green%hobbes@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu (Mr.James W.Green III) >> From: Terry Morgan >> Subj: Re: Family History Library News NEWS OF THE FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 Vol. 4, No. 1 Winter 1992 FROM THE DIRECTOR: In this issue, we are delighted to report the progress of the Genealogical Projects Registry. This registry will significantly increase cooperation in the creation and sharing of indexes needed for genealogical research. We are also announcing the results of last year's microfilming program. Two especially important acquisitions for the United States are highlighted: the 1920 United States census and World War I draft cards. --David M. Mayfield GENEALOGICAL PROJECTS REGISTRY: The Genealogical Projects Registry is a cooperative effort between the National Genealogical Society and the Genealogical Society of Utah. It is designed to help coordinate in-progess genealogical projects, Included are projects sponsored by genealogical, ethnic, and lineage societies. The projects listed are being done either manually or with a computer. The registry will help prevent project duplication and encourage project participation. Registry results will be published in the "NGS/CIG Digest" and on the National Genealogical Society Bulletin Board System. Other formats will be announced when they are available. Registration forms have been sent to Family History Centers and many genealogical organizations in the United States and Canada. If your society did not receive the materials for the Genealogical projects Registry, please contact -!-Projects Coordinator, Family History Library - Room 316, 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150. 1920 UNITED STATES CENSUS: All 10,661 microfilms of the 1920 census will be available at the Family History Library, and copies can be loaned to Latter-day Saint Family History Centers. As the processing for each state is completed, the films for that state will be made available for use. The 1920 federal census will not appear in the 1992 microfiche or compact disc editions of the Family History Library Catalog (FHLC). Family History Centers will be informed as each state is cataloged. The census microfilms may also be rented from the --National Archived Rental Program, P.O. Box 30, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701-0030. The 1920 federal census recorded the population as of 1 January 1920. Unlike the 1910 census, the 1920 census does not list the number of years married; number of children born and still living; if blind, deaf, or dumb; if a Union or Confederate survivor; and if unemployed. The 1920 census does list the year of naturalization; mother tongue of each foreign-born person, father, and mother; province or city of birth for persons from Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia, or Turkey. Soundex (phonetic) cards are an excellent index to the 1920 census. Each family is listed on a card according to the Soundex coding system used with other federal records. Individual cards were also made for relatives, boarders, and servants who were not a part of the family with whom they lived. The actual census is arranged by state, county, and enumeration district. Territorial and military schedules are found at the end of the states. There is no special schedule for the Indian populations. DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS: A significant new microfilm collection is a set of 24 million cards created during the World War I draft. There were three draft registrations which eventually included all men (whether native born or alien) between the ages of 18 and 45. The information on the cards includes -- * Full Name * Full date and place of birth * Race, citizenship, and occupation * Personal description and signature Registration cards exist for about 24.2 million men who registered for the draft. not all of the men who registered actually served in the military; not all men who served in the military registered for the draft. The draft cards are NOT military service records. They have no information about a person's military service. About 4.8 million men actually served in the United States armed forces between April 1917 and November 1918. The draft cards are arranged by state; then county or city (except for Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island which are arranged by divisions and counties); then alphabetically by the names of the registrants. The states Alabama through North Carolina are currently available at the Family History Library. The rest will be available when they have been cataloged. To find the microfilm numbers, search the locality section of the FHLC (Family History Library Catalog) under UNITED STATES - MILITARY RECORDS - WORLD WAR, 1914-1918. To obtain microfilm numbers for states not yet listed in the catalog, write to the -!- Correspondence Unit, 35 North Temple Street, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT 84150. Some World War I service and burial records are available from the Family History Library (FHL). Look in the locality section of the catalog under the [STATE] - MILITARY RECORDS. Official World War I military service records can also be requested by next of kin and others with stated needs. Make requests to the -- National Personnel Records Center, 9700 Page Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63132-5100. ACQUISITIONS UPDATE: The FHL continues to expand its microfilm collection. Microfilm and microfiche sources are circulated to 1,650 Latter-day Saint Family History Centers. we encourage researchers everywhere to use these materials to assemble family histories and to contribute their information to Ancestral File (TM). The list that follows shows how many pages of new material was microfilmed and purchased: 1991 ACQUISITIONS STATISTICS: United States - 31,957,000 new pages; Philippines - 20,758,000; Great Britain - 9,546,000; Italy - 7,558,000; Spain - 6,473,000; France - 4,701,000; Canada - 4,167,000; Netherlands - 3,644,000; Germany - 2,509,000; Austria - 2,050,000; Mexico - 1,845,000; Sri Lanka - 1,406,000; New Zealand - 1,203,000; China - 1,203,000; Sweden - 1,140,000; Brazil - 1,085,000; Belgium - 1,054,000; South Africa - 987,000; Colombia - 921,000; Indonesia - 816,000; Hungary - 780,000; Poland - 704,000; Australia - 670,000; Japan - 642,000; Fiji - 606,000; India - 419,000; Switzerland - 393,000; Peru - 353,000; Jamaica - 326,000; Ecuador - 254,000; Guatemala - 221,000; Puerto Rico - 216,000; Greece - 164,000; Portugal - 140,000; Korea - 130,000; Norway - 99,000; Grenada - 81,000; Yugoslavia - 49,000; Leeward Islands - 47,000. WORLD TOTAL is 111,403,000. FAMILYSEARCH (R) SUPPORT UNIT: The FamilySearch Support Unit now supports the FamilySearch and Personal Ancestral File (R) software. To contact the unit, call (800) 453-3860 ext. 4357. The hours are Monday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, and Tuesday to Friday, 8:30 am to 8:00 pm, Mountain Time. The mailing address is -- FamilySearch Support Unit 4WW, 50 East North Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150. NEW RESEARCH OUTLINES: New research outlines have been published for New York, Norway, and LDS Church records. Each outline describes the methodology and major resources and archives for doing these areas of research. Individuals may read the outlines at Family History Centers or obtain them from the Correspondence Unit listed in "FHL NEWS V4 #1 - PT.2". -!!!!!!!!!- News of the Family History Library is published six times yearly by the Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ISSN 1052-8644. Not available by subscription. General information about the hours and services of the Family History Library is available at 801-240-2331. Comments are welcome. Please address them to: Editor, News of the Family History Library, 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150. -!!!!!!!!!- I have uploaded this text on my own initiative. You can read future editions by checking with your local Family History Center, but I will upload each issue as often as I can. >> --Terry Ann in Alabama, FHC Director >> -!- Opus-CBCS 1.14 >> ! Origin: Micro Magic in Huntsville,AL (1:373/12.0)