Category Archives: Census Research

SNGF: The 1940 Census

Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge at Genea-Musings is all about the 1940 census, what we plan to find, and our expectations. As it will not have an index at first, I suspect that I will be slogged down in four places:  Kilauea (Kauai Co., HI), Oakland (Alameda Co., CA), Spreckels (Monterey Co., CA), …

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My Biggest Genealogy Discovery in 2010

I’m borrowing this for Randy’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun since I wrote it only two days ago.  This is by far my best research adventure of the year.  I located obituaries that were out of my reach and I uncovered a new line of my Kelly family tree.  None of this would have been possible …

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Befuddled by the 1880 Census

I have been working on the Kelly family this week.  After finding Michael Kelly living with an Uncle, John Kelly, I renewed my efforts to fill in the blanks on his Father, Martin Kelly. I was pouring over data last night when I realized that I never found Martin’s sons, John Joseph Kelly and Matthew …

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