Researching Conrad Brown, Charles Gile Willson or William Monroe Miller
When Christina Brown wife of Conrad Brown appeared in the will of Balthaser Henritze, my heart sank a bit at the thought of tracking down Browns. However, it wasn’t so bad, the family generally stayed in Reading and Conrad...
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Hundred of Families and Thousands of People Located in the 1940 Census
In the last 90 days, I have searched and read the 1940 federal population census for hundreds of families and located thousands of people in multiple states, some indexed, some not. Ancestry has indexed: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware,...
Read moreHidden Chronicles and Genealogy
The funniest thing happened on the way to researching the other day on the computer. Two different friends of mine who are also on Facebook were listed playing Hidden Chronicles, a specific computer Facebook/Zynga game. These two women don’t know each...
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Go West Young Man, Go West
Recently I have been reading and indexing the beginning issues of the Reading Eagle in early 1868. Several things stick out; the first is the number of railroad injuries, maimings and deaths, reported in almost every issue. It is horrific....
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Typesetting, Filming and News in Historical Newspapers
Several curious situations came to light while I was reading an 1868 issue of the Reading Eagle. Many local names were typeset as J. B. Hawley instead of Jesse B. Hawley, possibly to save on typographical overhead. Initials instead...
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Were They Skipped in the 1940 Census?
Finally, Ancestry has posted a list of Delaware, Nevada and the District of Columbia available for searching in the 1940 federal population census. FamilySearch has a map that shows Delaware, and Colorado as seachable and Kansas, Utah, Nevada, Oregon,...
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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...
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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