Death Notices and Obituaries – Not the Only Evidence of Death Dates Culled from Historical Newspapers
When did Great Grandpa die? between the 1860 and 1870 census? during the Civil War? or afterwards? Finding a female headed household in the census in 1870 leads to a presumed name of a deceased husband in the 1860...
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The Horse Books
My dad’s cousin Helen had horses that her daughters rode in horse shows around the South. They had lots and lots of gorgeous ribbons of every color in their den. I didn’t really want to own a horse because...
Read moreLost! (Or Just Missing in the 1940 Census)
Can you hypothesize a family was skipped in the 1940s census? Of course you can, but you shouldn’t. You should wait to see if the indexing projects find the family or family member somewhere else, especially if the person...
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The1940 Delaware Census has Been Indexed – Twice
The 1940 census has been out for nearly two weeks. I have paged through a lot of pages in and around Louisville, Kentucky looking for relatives. I haven’t found my grandparents yet, but that’s another blog. I have found...
Read moreIs There Anything New Except the 1940 Census?
What States are Indexed? What States are in Progress? Is there really anything new except the 1940 census? Well not really. It is huge. Ancestry.com has all the images up as does FamilyLink.com, FamilySearch.org, and of course Archives.com. The...
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It’s Here, the 1940 Census
The National Archives and Archives.com pretty much miscalculated demand and ease of use for the 1940 census search site. I don’t know how it went for the rest of you, but the first day was a bust for me....
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