Ancestry Quick Tip Jamboree Census and Directory Tip I enjoy your quick tips and read them every time I get the daily Ancestry in my email. Here's one that some of your readers might find helpful. On the 1920 census I had searched every way I thought I knew for my husband's great-great-grandparents, John and Anna Krugman. After a few line-by-line searches, I finally decided to read my notes again to see if perhaps it might give me something I missed. In my notes was the address where the family had "always" lived. I used the address and with a bit of work was able to locate John & Anna-at their usual address, only listed as Kaufman instead of Krugman. Two lessons: One, always look closely at variations, and two, use city directories and record the addresses. They could come in handy some day! Karen Krugman http://www.wwnet.net/~krugman1/ Check All Images Last night (or more correctly, early this morning!) I was browsing through the 1900 Census in the enumeration district where I thought I would find my great grandfather and his family. Image 17 of 20 contained a half-filled page, and 18 of 20 was a completely blank page, so I thought I had reached the end of the information for this district. Just to be thorough, though, I looked at images 19 and 20, and, to my surprise, found two more complete pages of census information. So my tip is, look at all the images, even if it looks as if you've come to the end of the enumeration district. Vickie Deppe Naperville, Ill. Postcards Vintage post cards, often found at flea markets and antique shops, are an excellent source to supplement a family narrative or history. City institutions, such as hospitals, libraries, and schools, often appeared on postcards in the early part of the twentieth century. City parks, commercial or business districts, ethnic neighborhoods, and historic homes (particularly in the South) can take the place of nonexistent or missing photographs. Recent finds include the hospital where family members were born, schools they attended, and city parks where leisure time was spent. Abby K. Quigley Tips for Research Trips I have visited the FHL on and off for many years. Like you, I want to spend every second researching, rather than doing things like catalog work that I can do at home or in my local FHC. So, in addition to finding film numbers, I make electronic copies of the catalog entries for the film series I'm interested in. Then I enter, again electronically, the specific records I'm looking for, film by film. For example, most of my family lived in New York City in the first decades of the 20th Century. So I'm looking for many births there. I download the entire record of NYC birth indexes, indicate all the births I'm looking for--which might include a range of years for some people--and discover I'm using the same films for several lookups. I print out the series record. That way, I can plant myself at a reader closest to the cabinet where that film series is filed, and be winding films within a minute of my arrival, making notes of what I find or don't find. Very efficient. The other thing is, I don't do analysis in the Library. I just collect records. I do the analysis when I get home, unless I find some particularly promising lead requiring immediate follow-up. Mike Meshenberg