I had started out flipping through the Oklahoma 1940 Federal Census and found my Aunt Della Whitaker and their two sons. I soon tired of flipping through because the size of the image took so long to download. Thus, I waited. The Oklahoma 1940 Census Index is now online. Click on the link above.
I love FamilySearch Indexers! I help index Oklahoma, Texas, and Missouri, but I am only one person and with my schedule it would be the year 3000 before they were finished. The power of numbers is awesome!
I started looking for my dad. I thought he would be in Pawnee, Oklahoma, but was surprised to find him in Saline, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. He was with his first wife and he was a section foreman with the Rail Road. I expected to find this. He didn't meet my mom until after the war and his divorce.
My grandfather was fun to find, because it proved he was a blacksmith with the WPA project. As I understood from my grandmother he was working with the builders of highway 64 going through Pawnee. They were living in Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma. My dad owned property there. Next to them was his youngest sister. Wondering where my Aunt Lynn was. It was too early for her second marriage and I don't know who her first husband was. Not a lot of talk about that.
I hope I have peaked your interest in helping with indexing or going and searching for your ancestors. There is so much to learn on this census. Click on this #1940Census to see many articles on this census.
Happy Hunting!
I love FamilySearch Indexers! I help index Oklahoma, Texas, and Missouri, but I am only one person and with my schedule it would be the year 3000 before they were finished. The power of numbers is awesome!
I started looking for my dad. I thought he would be in Pawnee, Oklahoma, but was surprised to find him in Saline, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. He was with his first wife and he was a section foreman with the Rail Road. I expected to find this. He didn't meet my mom until after the war and his divorce.
My grandfather was fun to find, because it proved he was a blacksmith with the WPA project. As I understood from my grandmother he was working with the builders of highway 64 going through Pawnee. They were living in Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma. My dad owned property there. Next to them was his youngest sister. Wondering where my Aunt Lynn was. It was too early for her second marriage and I don't know who her first husband was. Not a lot of talk about that.
I hope I have peaked your interest in helping with indexing or going and searching for your ancestors. There is so much to learn on this census. Click on this #1940Census to see many articles on this census.
Happy Hunting!
Love the scrapbook page! And I'm proud to say that I also helped index Oklahoma!
ReplyDeleteYeah Nancy! Thanks bunches.
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