May 24, 2013

1932 Marriage License – John Louis Sechrest and Ruth Williams

1932 Louis Sechrest marriage

I was doing a little research for Jim’s cousin Teresa this week for her Sechrest family branch.  Teresa was previously married to Ed Sechrest and she is currently trying to fill in the blanks in her family tree for her son and his family.  The information she emailed to me said that she was looking [...]

2010 Census: Keep A Copy For Your Descendants

1930 Yates, Bordeaux, WA

1930 Yates family, Bordeaux, WA Have you filled out your 2010 census and sent it back yet? If not, make sure you do, and be sure to make a copy for your records so your descendants can find it 72 years from now!  Granted, there’s not a lot of information they ask for in this [...]

I Solved A Census Transcription Mistake

David Yates 1840 TN

Sometimes, you get a transcribed record for a census and you wonder how the transcriber came up with a completely different name than what it actually was. For example, I have a transcribed census record with my ancestor’s surname spelled Aytes instead of Yates. It might look like a transposed letter error, but then I [...]

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