The Goldie May Chrome extension is a great tool that combines resources in the United States census with your information in FamilySearch. It acts as a personal research assistant, prompting you to explore relevant areas for research on your family lines.

There is a new feature in Goldie May: it helps you survey your female ancestors in the 1900 and 1910 United States censuses to see how many children they reported having. The idea is to compare that number to the what is recorded in FamilySearch Family Tree, to look for research opportunities. For example, you may have an ancestor with 5 children in the tree, but the ancestor in the census reported having 6 children. In that case you might be able to discover a new addition to the family.

Here is a brief video that gives you an overview of the new video and how to use it:

Women in the 1900 and 1901 Censuses

Goldie May and The Family History Guide

The Goldie May extension is a partner of The Family History Guide. You can learn more about it in the FamilySearch menu, Goldie May.