CGL Content Knowledge 3

Question 1

Which U.S. federal census was the first to list every member of a household by name?

Accepted Answer

1850

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1840

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1860

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1870

Question 2

A genealogist finds two conflicting birth years for an ancestor in different records. According to the Genealogical Proof Standard, the next step is to:

Accepted Answer

Perform a reasonably exhaustive search and then analyze and correlate all evidence

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Accept the earlier date as more likely correct

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Discard the derivative record automatically

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Contact the repository for clarification before proceeding

Question 3

What is the primary purpose of an Ahnentafel numbering system?

Accepted Answer

To assign a unique number to every direct ancestor of one individual

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To number all descendants of a single ancestor

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To track DNA segment inheritance across generations

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To organize collateral relatives by generation

Question 4

Which Irish record set, largely destroyed in the 1922 Four Courts fire, documented land valuations and became a partial substitute for lost census records?

Accepted Answer

The Tithe Applotment Books and Griffith's Valuation

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The Registry of Deeds indexes

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The Catholic parish registers on microfilm

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The Civil registration indexes from 1864

Question 5

When researching African American genealogy in the post-Civil War South, which record series created by the federal government documents freedpeople's labor contracts, marriages, and family separations?

Accepted Answer

Freedmen's Bureau records

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U.S. Colored Troops pension files

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Southern Claims Commission files

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Contraband camp registers

Question 6

In DNA genealogy, what does the term 'endogamy' mean and why does it complicate match analysis?

Accepted Answer

Marriage within a closed community, causing relatives to share more DNA than expected for their relationship

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Marriage outside one's ethnic group, creating unexpected distant matches

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The tendency of DNA segments to cluster on the same chromosome across generations

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A testing company's algorithm for predicting ethnicity estimates

Question 7

Which repository holds the original Freedman's Bank records, which can help trace African American families in the post-Civil War era?

Accepted Answer

National Archives and Records Administration

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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Smithsonian Institution Archives

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Howard University Moorland-Spingarn Research Center