Ancestry.com has completed and released a searchable index of the 1940 United States Census for the states of Arkansas and Missouri. I did a quick search for Grahams from Searcy County, Arkansas and got a number of good results in both Arkansas and Missouri. You can search their index for free by visiting http://www.ancestry.com/1940-census.
1940 Is Coming!
Next Monday, 2 April, the National Archives will make available the 1940 United States Census. While the images will be available immediately online, the census will not yet have a searchable index. FamilySearch and Ancestry.com are both spearheading the indexing effort. See their respective sites if you wish to be a part of the indexing…
The Birth of Disinformation
Something recently happened at Ancestry.com that bothers me. Ancestry has this feature called Member Connect that lets researchers connect their family trees and any supporting documents to other members’ family trees. Once connected, Ancestry notifies members when any other members link to their trees or documents. That’s actually a very handy feature. Here’s the part…
Emma Dorothy Graham
The seventh child and fourth daughter of John and Tildy Graham was born on 16 February 1902 in Red River Township, Searcy County, Arkansas, and her name was Emma Dorothy Graham. Emma was eight years old when the 1910 census was enumerated in Red River. She was living on the family farm with her parents…
Sarah Rosabelle Graham, Challenger of the Unknown
In the original version of my article on John and Matilda Graham, I speculated of the existence of an unnamed child based on what I had seen in the 1900 and 1910 census. The 1900 census recorded that Tildy was the mother of six children by that year, however only five were listed. The 1910…
Graham Ancestry 