Helping the present understand the past
I had a few minutes today to take a look at my AncestryDNA results and surprisingly…there were NO SURPRISES! Between my grandparents’ knowledge and stories and the work the family has done on the genealogy already I was well prepared for what Ancestry told me. Which, I have to say, was almost disappointing, LOL. I’d…
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Shirley Ann (Bowlby) Nickell We’re getting some freezing rain in Kansas City this weekend so I decided to post another catch up for the 52 Ancestors challenge. Today I’m hightlighting my husband’s maternal grandmother. Some basic facts: Name: Shirley Ann (Bowlby) Nickell Born: 25 January 1924 Parents: Sherry Victor Bowlby…
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Continuing our recent discussion on census records, today we’re looking at the 1910 census. The 1910 census was enumerated beginning 15 April 1910. Let’s look at the actual census record to see what information can be extracted from this census. Using my great-grandpa Edward’s census listing, let’s look at what can be discovered about his…
Today we’re continuing the discussion on census records and looking at the 1920 census. The 1920 census was enumerated beginning 1 January 1920. Let’s look at the actual census record to see what information can be extracted from this census. Using my great-grandpa Edward’s census listing, let’s look at what can be discovered about his…
A couple of weeks ago we started talking about census records and looked at the 1940 census. Today we’re continuing to look at census records and the focus is on the 1930 census. The 1930 census was enumerated beginning 1 April 1930. Let’s take a look at an actual census record to see what kind…