I am working on a research project for a friend because I can’t seem to get my genealogy fix with my own lines 😉 I like working on other people’s trees since it gives me experience in a research area that I wouldn’t otherwise come into contact with. This line has me a bit confounded. …
Category: Census Research
My Very First Genealogy Happy Dance
The 65th Carnival of Genealogy asks us to write about one of our genealogy happy dances. You know, that moment when you practically danced around a research library or hugged the mail carrier. This post is about my first research experience and the moment I knew I was addicted. I had interviewed a couple of…
Introducing Nellie, I mean Helen, no wait…Lottie!
It really bothered me yesterday that I couldn’t find anything on John C. Jones’ daughter, Nellie. Where could she have gone to? Was she another relative who fell off the face of the Earth? I wasn’t about to give up so easily. Thursday morning I went back to the San Francisco Call Newspaper Index. In…
The Children of John C. and Margaret Jones
Continuing down the research trail… I’m now working on the children of John C. and Margaret Jones. The 1900 census shows that Margaret had four children and three survived. They were Nettie, Nellie, and Maud. This is what I found on the children so far… 1. Nettie In the 1870 Census, Nettie is listed as…
More on John C. Jones
You knew I wouldn’t be able to leave John C. Jones alone! I fell asleep with him on my mind and I woke up with him on my mind. I followed the family through the census. I found John and wife, Margaret, in the 1870, 1880, and 1900 census. I confirmed that they had three…