Michael John Neill's genealogy website. Things that cross my path, general research suggestions, and whatever else ...with a little bit of attitude. I don't post "news" just to post it, never post a press release (edited or otherwise), don't feign excitement, and pretty much say what I think.
14 November 2014
Using Maps As A Research Log
Sometimes a manual search of US (or other) census records is still necessary when indexes fail us. When I'm searching in rural areas of the United States, I find a township map of the area of interest serves as a workable research log. I can mark on each township when I've completed a search of that location and the map makes it clear to me what townships border each other.