I was asked a couple of days ago, “Why are city directories interesting?” It is a fair question. You find them, you attach them to your online tree or software program, and […]
Details in City Directories: Howard’s Radio Career Uncovered
North Carolina in the 1920’s
Life in the 1920 is not life in the 2010’s. I went searching for information in the 1920’s, specifically about North Carolina, to try and gather some perspective about the life of […]
How Eight Children Ended Up Living Alone in 1930
When we looked at Jennie Elizabeth Payne in the 1930 census, we were left with the question, why was Jennie, 22, was living on a farm in Crowder Mountain, North Carolina with […]
The Questions a Record Begs Us to Ask
Census records are great for giving us birth events, names and relationships (stated or presumed) and depending on the year other various event and identity information. But I do believe that every […]
