I had just returned from a two-week vacation to Hawaii on April 1. I was so jet-lagged that I completely forgot about the 1940 census release until I went to work on April 2. This was probably for the best.
I first looked for my relatives that had lived, and still lived in the same place in Mount Olive, Wayne County, North Carolina. It was just a matter of looking through a few images (OK, about 40) to find my grandparents, and their daughter, my mother. The rest of the family was nearby.
Then, I looked for my other grandparents in Fayetteville, NC. I even had their address. But their part of the street was not in the enumeration district (ED) that was indicated through Stephen Morse's website. Not his fault. I looked at the map of enumeration districts - the area where my grandparents address would be was annexed into the city in about 1947, but was still in the county in 1940. This was at a time when Fort Bragg was increasing in size considerably. After looking through parts of two enumeration districts, I found the correct address on the first page of ED 26-39B of Cumberland County, as if there was some confusion about what district this street belonged in. My great-grandparents were living next door. No street name or number was recorded.
Researching Edmundson, Summerlin, Smiley and Taylor families from North Carolina. And Redwines from Texas.
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Sunday, April 15, 2012
1940 Census
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Update, Writing Challenge
It's becoming clear that I have to give the writing challenge higher priority if I'm really going to accomplish anything. The "problem" is that my Aunt, who is downsizing, is shipping me much of her genealogy material. A large box arrived Thursday full of albums of photos of my grandparents, great-grandparents, houses they lived in, etc. It's so fun! I felt like I need to begin scanning them immediately and getting them online to be seen by the rest of the family. However, I think I will slow down, get some archival boxes, albums, etc. before I start. Then when I scan a set, they can then be inserted into their archival storage.
I believe there are some daguerreotypes - nope, they're tintypes - included. I'll have to do some research to know what to do with them.
So, today, photo archiving research. Tomorrow, back to the Oliver Summerlin family.
Happy Searching ~
I believe there are some daguerreotypes - nope, they're tintypes - included. I'll have to do some research to know what to do with them.
So, today, photo archiving research. Tomorrow, back to the Oliver Summerlin family.
Happy Searching ~
Labels:
North Carolina,
photographs,
Stanly County,
Stone,
Taylor
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