The Genealogy Search

Last night Ancestry added  12 more states to our 1940 U.S. Census index last night— Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Utah. . Now 70% of the 1940 U.S. Census is indexed and searchable on Ancestry.com—a full 37 states and the District of Columbia.  It’s the home stretch for the 1940 index.  Look for South Carolina, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, New Jersey, Connecticut, Texas, North Carolina, Illinois, West Virginia, Wyoming, Maryland, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Panama Canal Zone, American Samoa and Guam to be added in the next few weeks.  Ancestry is also hosting  family history how-to presentations. You can view upcoming events at   Ancestry Facebook Events . Happy hunting!

Tucsonjane!  Tucsonjane please email me at amyurman@gmail with your email/contact information.   You have 48 hours to contact me.  If I do not hear from you I will have random.org  select another name.A big thank you to everyone that  entered and thank you for sharing  your summer accomplishments.   

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Frank and Eva [Ivana Drvaric] Yurmanovich - last name later changed to Urman,  9 Feb 1929, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

How would you like to win a 6 month US Deluxe Membership from Ancestry.com as well as a copy of Family Tree Maker 2012?  Remember when we started back to school and the teacher wanted you to write about what you did during the summer? To be entered in the contest all you need to do is post a comment below telling me what genealogy find or activity you did this summer.   Comments to this post between now and Friday 12 PM MST will be entered in a chance to win. I will use Random.org to pick the winner.  The winner will be announced on the blog Saturday July 21st.  The winner must provide me with their email address.  Good luck! Thank you to Ancestry.com for supplying the contest prize.

Here are two pictures I took at the family reunion of the family portraits in Richard  possession.  I remember that these were thought to be the Durbins, any of my cousins remember the names of the subjects? Morris Durbin Rachel Logue Durbin

The latest from Ancestry: This just in: we added 15 states to our 1940 U.S. Census index late last night. So dive in and search for family members by name in the 1940 census in  California, Idaho, Georgia, Kentucky, Washington, Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon, Alabama, Arizona, New Hampshire, Michigan, Wisconsin, Montana and Hawaii .  Start searching . Our latest addition means we now have 25 states and the District of Columbia indexed and searchable on  Ancestry.com —a total of 55 percent of the 1940 U.S. Census population. And more states are right around the corner. Look for  Alaska, Arkansas, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Utah  all coming soon.

Stanley and Agnes Mikolajczak marriage date unknown, Milwaukee, Wisconsin