Mary L. (Riley) Jackson means very little to my family tree. She isn’t one of my ancestors. She is my great aunt. She married my great uncle, John Jackson, ca 1925. They divorced about 10 years later. I can go beyond her to the next generation easily. Yet, I feel compelled to research her. John’s…
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1900 US Census: Portuguese Names in Kawaihau District, Kauai, Territory of Hawaii
This is the second installment in the series of indexes listing the Portuguese names in the 1900 U.S. Federal Census for the island of Kauai, Territory of Hawaii. The first index covers Hanelei District. This index covers Kawaihau District. The majority of the people in this district will most likely be found at the Kealia…
SNGF: Thomas Jones Appears Most in the Census
This week’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge was enlightening. As with many of Randy’s challenges I found a gap in my research. When I found the record I was looking for, added new information to my tree. Thomas Augustine Jones, my 2nd great grandfather, appears in 5 census enumerations. He is in every census from…
Is This My Martin Kelly in the Tax List
In my last post, I wrote about the entries I found in the San Mateo County Index to Deeds that referred to my Gr Gr Gr Grandfather, Martin Kelly. My next step is to determine what the property was that Martin Kelly owned in San Mateo County since his address from 1860 to 1899 when…
Free Online Access to the 1930 US Census for Hawaii
This is a digitization of the 1930 US Federal Census for the state of Hawaii. It is available at archive.org for free. The digitizations was done by reel number. They do not have soundex or any other type of index for this census enumeration. If you know what island your ancestor lived on, you should…