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This is just a page with some notes on how I have found info on certain specific surnames.
If you find it helpful, cool. If not, cool.
To get GEDCOM files that contain a specific name:
- Go to ftp://census.genealogy.org/pub/pub/genealogy/GEDCOM/ (Note: this server only allows 25 simultaneous users, so if it's busy, you may want to try again late at night.)
- Click on the index file for the initial of the surname you are looking for.
- While viewing the index, find the name you are looking for by either scrolling or by pressing Ctl-F and searching for the name.
- Write down the GEDCOM id number(s) next to the name.
- Click your browser's Back button.
- Using the first two letters of the GEDCOM id number, click on the corresponding folder.
- Find the GEDCOM file that corresponds to the id number you have and click on it to download.
A 1% sampling of the 1880 federal census is available and documented at ftp://census.genealogy.org/pub/1880/00_readme
- Go to ftp://census.genealogy.org/pub/1880/index/
- Click on the folder for the initial of the surname you are looking for.
- The list of names for each initial are split up into many files to make it easy to manage. Based on the alphabetical position of the surname, start clicking on the numbered files until you find the file that contains the surname. For example, a surname that starts with "Ca" will be in a lower numbered file than a surname that begins with "Cr".
- Once you find the surname in a file, get the 19-digit code next to the name.
- Append that code onto the end of 'ftp://census.genealogy.org/pub/1880/' and go to the resulting page.
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