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Last Updated:Friday, June 27, 2008
Census Project
While there are many sites where census records are available online free-of-charge, the only Montgomery County census that is currently available is the 1880 census (from FamilySearch.org). Our goal is to get all other available Montgomery Census's online. The 1890 census was destroyed by a fire and since all Federal Censuses are unavailable until a 70 year time period has passed, only the censuses below are available. If you would like to help with transcribing a census let me know and I will provide you with a spreadsheet to enter the information for that particular census.
I would like to obtain written biographies of older members of our community, or receive copies of ones that have already been produced.
If anyone would like to write their life story and submit it to me
I will put it in a web-based format to publish online.
What I would love to see done is for a Montgomery County teacher to assign
the Biography Project as an assignment to interview an older
member of a students family or an older member of their church or
community. This was done in another county and the results
were wonderful.
A basic
questionnaire was provided as a starting point of the types of
questions to ask. However, some of the best results were those that just asked the interviewee to tell their life story.
One of my favorite biographies was done by a student who
interviewed her 96 year old great grandmother. It was a wonderful biography
and of note, this students grandmother passed away three days after she compiled her story. What a wonderful
memory this young woman now has.
Sample
Questionnaire - (Add or ask any question you would like)
Don't
forget once these older members of our family and community are
gone, so are their stories! All we have to do is ask so
that we can preserve their history for future generations.
CLICK
HERE to download a PDF copy of this form. I
am working on a fill-in type form that can be filled
in on-line and emailed, however, until I get that
form, please use this to submit a biography. If
you have any questions or would like any further
information, please e-mail
me.
Click Here to download a PDF copy of this form (am working on a fill-in type form), however, until that is available, please use this form. Please contact me for further information or if you have any questions.
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