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Census Research Worksheets, 1790 to 1950

A printable worksheet for every U.S. federal census from 1790 to 1950, with research tips on every page

Stop squinting at census images and scribbling notes on scrap paper. Every form follows the real columns for its year, so what you copy lines up with what you see on the original. Made for Ohio researchers, including which Ohio schedules were lost and which survive, and useful anywhere in the country.

  • 17 census worksheets: 1790 through 1950, plus the 1890 Veterans Schedule
  • Research tips on every form: what that year can and can't tell you
  • Slotting Box on the 1790 to 1840 forms to test who fits each tally column
  • Supplementary and sample line boxes on the 1940 and 1950 forms
  • How to Use page with a six-step method for every census
  • Three-page Family Group Sheet with source numbers, an evidence level for every child, and a 1790 to 1950 census tracker
  • Printable PDF, 22 pages
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Master Photo Prompt Cheat Sheet

17 AI prompts for restoring and colorizing family photographs

A print-ready quick reference for genealogists and family historians. Copy, paste, and adapt each prompt for your preferred AI image tool — covering restoration, damage cleanup, sepia and black-and-white work, and historically accurate colorization, all while preserving the people, clothing, and setting that make the photograph worth keeping.

  • 17 ready-to-use prompts
  • Print-ready PDF, 3 pages
  • Works with any AI image tool
  • Instant email delivery
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Probate Records & AI — Prompt Reference

17 copy-paste prompts, plus one master prompt for a full end-to-end analysis, built on Elizabeth Shown Mills' Evidence Explained standards and the Genealogical Proof Standard

Probate records are some of the richest genealogical sources you'll ever open — and some of the hardest to fully mine by hand. This reference hands you exact, tested prompts to put AI tools to work transcribing, abstracting, and analyzing them, without sacrificing the sourcing discipline genealogy demands.

  • Verbatim and cleaned-up transcription
  • Complete name and relationship extraction
  • Formal ESM-style abstracts and citations
  • Property, heir, and beneficiary charts
  • Timeline building with Julian-to-Gregorian date conversion
  • Hidden clue-spotting (unnamed children, prior marriages, geographic hints)
  • Handwriting and difficult-passage help
  • DNA correlation from probate heirs
  • Conflict and discrepancy analysis across sources
  • Master Prompt for a complete 8-step analysis in one pass

Built for use with ChatGPT and Claude — includes a troubleshooting note for tools with stricter privacy filters, and a reminder to always verify AI-assisted readings against the original document.

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