Last night I was checking some facts in my genealogy program on my husband's family line. I hadn't worked on his line in some time. I had several alerts about dates that had problems. I (or someone who gave me the information) had a family member in the wrong family. The person in question was put into his grandparents family by mistake. No wonder his "mother" was 67 years old when he was born. Big red sign right there!
After all the children were linked with the correct parents, I noticed I hadn't put in any census information at all. I went over to Ancestry.com, logged in, and started looking through all the censuses starting from 1940.
Well, lo and behold, what do you know? It was like starting all over again; the thrill of the hunt. With many surname spelling variations, I was able to trace his mother's maternal line back through the 1900 U.S. population census in Pennsylvania. I found my husband's great-great-grandmother Helen, enumerated with her son John's family in the 1910 and 1920 censuses. Found a great-uncle George, in the 1900 census, enumerated with his brother John's family. Even hubby was impressed.
So far I've found my husband's mother's paternal line only through 1920 U.S. population census in Pennsylvania. Their surname also had many spelling variations. At one point there were over 3,000 results and all the filters I was using wasn't showing up. On the 1920 census his great-grandparents stated they immigrated here in 1901. I'm not giving up yet, I have many avenues to still search, and the hunt is exciting.
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Showing posts with label 1940 census. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1940 census. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Indexing for the 1940 Census
Since the 1940 census were released last week I've indexed for the following states: California, Illinois, Louisiana and Kansas. It's become very addicting. I've tried to make time each day but I can't always get to sit down with my computer. But when I do, I'm surprised how fast time flys by.
I did sit down and locate my parents in the census. My dad was 15 living in Chicago, IL and my mother was 13 living in Dorchester, WI. I had also located them in the 1930 census 10 years ago, but it was still thrilling see them and their family together in 1940. I'm going to try and locate my husband's parents in the next few days. They were in Pittsburgh, PA.
I've been reading other 1940 census posts. I thoroughly enjoyed The Family Curator's, (http://www.thefamilycurator.com/) March 15th post: The Three Stooges In No Census, No Feeling, Parts 1 & 2. The video was such a hoot! As a little girl I use to LOVED them. I remember fighting over the TV with my sister because she wanted to watch American Bandstand at the same time the Stooges came on in the afternoon. Boy that video really took me back, I laughed so hard.
I did sit down and locate my parents in the census. My dad was 15 living in Chicago, IL and my mother was 13 living in Dorchester, WI. I had also located them in the 1930 census 10 years ago, but it was still thrilling see them and their family together in 1940. I'm going to try and locate my husband's parents in the next few days. They were in Pittsburgh, PA.
I've been reading other 1940 census posts. I thoroughly enjoyed The Family Curator's, (http://www.thefamilycurator.com/) March 15th post: The Three Stooges In No Census, No Feeling, Parts 1 & 2. The video was such a hoot! As a little girl I use to LOVED them. I remember fighting over the TV with my sister because she wanted to watch American Bandstand at the same time the Stooges came on in the afternoon. Boy that video really took me back, I laughed so hard.
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