Ok. I missed Tombstone Tuesday. But I was distracted by my first chance to dip into the 1940 census..
I wasn't sure where my mother's family was living then but my aunt told me approximately where her family (including Dad) were living.
So after finding the right county and township, I started searching. And after about a dozen pages......there they were! Grandpa, Grandma, Dad and the three youngest siblings. How exciting! And further down the page, my aunt's first husband.
Mom's family took a bit longer. They were in the second place I looked. They hadn't moved to the farm I remember yet. And in a surprise discovery, there was a great-grandpa there too.
Such luck inspired me to keep on searching. So I turned to my home township to look for Hubby's family.
I knew they were mostly in the area we live now.
But can you believe on page one?
I have a few more to look for, but I think 1940 is a great year. Even if I wasn't around.
Two mad-cap co-workers who love history, genealogy, and the occasional walk through a cemetery.
10 April 2012
Diving In
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