I'm having a very busy morning all of a sudden. I started out opening the database to look up a few unusual first names for the Licenda thread, and I happened across Boliver Sharp. Opened the record and looked at a census form or two, and somehow decided to start tracking his neighbors, figuring people didn't move too often in country where the census listed everyone as living on farms. Lo and behold! Suddenly I'm able to identify Sim King, Franswaw Jenkins (try looking at THAT one for a while in cursive handwriting, trying to figure out what the heck the writer was trying to say, before actually typing it and sounding it out, and you'll know why it didn't hit home), and a host of others; they're mostly people I already had in my database, but hadn't identified as being, for example, in the 1910 Census and of course hadn't documented their status then. Found at least one new child in a family, and I've been at this less than an hour. I'm going to have to work out some way of plotting neighborhoods, or of somehow keeping track of the relative locations of people and families. This could have interesting repercussions. -- Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Government officials and activists flying to Bali, Indonesia, for the United Nations meeting on climate change will cause as much pollution as 20,000 cars in a year.

clifto wrote: > I'm having a very busy morning all of a sudden. > > I started out opening the database to look up a few unusual first names for > the Licenda thread, and I happened across Boliver Sharp. Opened the record > and looked at a census form or two, and somehow decided to start tracking > his neighbors, figuring people didn't move too often in country where the > census listed everyone as living on farms. > > Lo and behold! Suddenly I'm able to identify Sim King, Franswaw Jenkins > (try looking at THAT one for a while in cursive handwriting, trying to > figure out what the heck the writer was trying to say, before actually > typing it and sounding it out, and you'll know why it didn't hit home), > and a host of others; they're mostly people I already had in my database, > but hadn't identified as being, for example, in the 1910 Census and of > course hadn't documented their status then. Found at least one new child > in a family, and I've been at this less than an hour. > > I'm going to have to work out some way of plotting neighborhoods, or of > somehow keeping track of the relative locations of people and families. > This could have interesting repercussions. > That is how I found a bunch of relatives. They were Sigloh's and had a farm in the flatlands of Brooklyn and when I started looking at neighbors I found about 25 of them. In fact I was able to track down a great grand daughter today and gave her a call. I think she was very surprised. She let me know that after the holiday she was going to dig through some boxes and find some pictures of the farm. If my memory serves me correctly the farm was started about 1850. Good Hunting Chris