LDS records online - NY 05 census

Subject: Expansion in LDS Records Available on Line -- 1905 NY State Census Among Many OthersFrom: "Paul Auerbach" Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 10:32:43 -0400X-Message-Number: 9FamilySearch International (the LDS) recently announced that they havedramatically expanded the number of records available on line under theirpreviously announced program to digitize the billions of genealogicalrecords stored near their Salt Lake City, Utah, facilities. You can readtheir press release here: http://tinyurl.com/333drql To browse the list ofnew or updated databases, go here: http://tinyurl.com/25j6j49As someone with significant roots in New York City, I was delighted to seethat the LDS has digitized the 1905 NY State Census, including the countiesof greatest interest to many of us, Kings (Brooklyn) and New York(Manhattan). While there doesn't appear to be a name index to those recordsyet, you can still find your relatives if you know their address in 1905.Among the many sources of possible 1905 addresses are Ellis Island passengerrecords, birth, marriage and death records, and 1900 and 1910 U.S. federalcensus records. Just use Steve Morse's NY Census AD/ED Finder --http://stevemorse.org/nyc/nyc.php -- to find the AD/ED combination for theaddress, and then browse through the census on the LDS website --http://tinyurl.com/2bs3oxsHappy hunting!Paul AuerbachSharon, MAMODERATOR NOTE: The full URLs for the three tiny URL addresses above are, respectively:http://www.familysearch.org/eng/home/news/frameset_news.asp?PAGE=Press/2010-4-28_300_Million_Names_and_New_Tools_Help_Genealogists.asphttp://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=allCollections&r=0http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=fs%3A1463113&s=waypointsOnly&w=0&p=waypoint----------------------------------------------------------------------