Show I I Tracing a Family Tree I Government as Genealogist How Ho can the the Federal Federal Govern Government 00 ern- ern ment be of help in establishing genealogical records The Census Bureau sometimes Is s ably abl to furn furnish h Information in establishing fan family ly histories bythe minimum charge of 3 Is made by bey itIs the Bureau for this service and It is necessary for the Inquirer to beable be beo able to furnish information as to the general locality such as coun coun- county county I ty tv area In which his ancestors lived The minimum fee pays the cost for searching through records for a population of another 50 cents is charged for or each addi addi- additional additional additional population of 1000 1 which Lo Is examined Since the oldest census records do not give the details of family groups and there are no census figures before 1790 1700 it is sometimes necessary to go to private sources of information Examples of sUch sources are the records of societies such as the Daughters of the Am- Am American American Am American Revolution and certain types of insurance applications Sometimes it is possible to obtain data from Army records j If It it is 18 pC possible for the th inquirer to make a special trip to Wash Wash- Wa Washington Washington h- h hington ington he may be able to find data on genealogies in the Library of Congress I A special section has been set I setI aside In the Library for the use or of persons in genealogical research In this section are to tobe be tobe found indexes indexed of local United States histories heraldic and a a moria 1 Indexes and tar tary supplementary genealogical indexes contain contain- containing ing containing nameS name of families and other biographical references More Mora than 50 genealogical references to in American local history are re- re recorded recorded re recorded corded The Library does not undertake research work ark for correspondents or visitors but It is able to point out sources of information in to a |