First of all, I’m sorry for the quality of this image. It’s a scan of a color copy, so not the best.
I’ve always loved this picture though. It was taken across the street from the Davidson Brothers Motor Company in Kansas City, KS.

The four men sitting are the Campbell Alexander Davidson, Thomas Talbot Davidson, Matthew David Davidson, and John Caffrey Davidson.  I believe the man standing on the left is Earl Davidson (he is one of those that owned the place), and a son to Campbell Alexander.  I think that the man on the right might be Earl’s brother John, but I could be wrong (if you read this Mom Woods, please correct me if I’m wrong!!)

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Well, this past week we found out that we won’t be moving this June.  We’ll be staying in El Paso for another couple of years.  At first I was crushed (I had dreams of moving to Germany or somewhere close to a beach), but I’ve gotten over it.  El Paso isn’t my dream town, but I can make do and be happy here for a while.  I’ve joined the local genealogy society and I’m now planning on going to the NGS Conference in Las Vegas in 2013 since I’ll be close enough to drive.  Las Vegas and genealogy?  Sounds like a blast to me!! 🙂

I haven’t meant to be so quiet here on the blog, but life just happened.  We’re finishing up our homeschooling year and my husband is finishing up the Academy, which means tons of get-togethers before everyone moves.  I’ve made so many good friends this past year and it’s going to be hard to say goodbye to them.  I’m so thankful for Facebook and technology so that we can easily keep in touch.

Well, on to some of my favorite finds from this week…

And a few pictures from this past week…

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First up on my list for people to find in the 1940 census was my grandma Eleanore Bergman.

I had an address for my great-grandparents in Seattle in 1935 and went from there.  It was much easier than I thought it would be to use the enumeration district calculator and start searching in their neighborhood.

Lars Julius and Eugenia Bergman (Eleanore’s parents) were divorced in 1937.  I wasn’t sure who I was going to find at the address – if anyone.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that my relatives were still in the same house.

My great-grandmother Eugenia, my great-uncle Walden, and my grandma Eleanore (17) living in the same home.  I searched the rest of the neighborhood, but didn’t find Lars.  I’m not sure where he moved to, but I know that he stayed in Seattle.  I think I’m going to have to wait until the index comes out to find him, because I’m not going to search the entire city of Seattle page by page. 🙂

 

 

 

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What a week!  I have enjoyed hearing about everyone’s census finds.  I haven’t had a whole lot of luck yet, but that’s simply because I have no idea where most of my ancestors were living in 1940.  I have managed to index a few pages and will try to continue to do at least one or two a day.  I’m thinking about training a kid or two to index. 🙂

My favorite finds from this week:

And I honestly don’t have any pictures to share this week.  I’ve been too busy to take any!!  I plan to remedy that next week though. 🙂

 

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I’m so excited that the census is here, but I haven’t had the chance to do any searching yet.  I couldn’t get the NARA website to open the pages and Ancestry doesn’t have the states I need yet.  I’m happy for everyone that has been able to find people though!

Even though I didn’t get a chance to do any searching yet, I did manage to do a little bit of indexing.  It was easier than I thought it would be and I plan on doing more – even if it’s a little every day.

I can’t wait to hear about all of the great finds and small mysteries that are solved through this census!

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