Thanks Debbie I will try rootsweb again it has been awhile since I looked at that site. thanks susan smathers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Woolf" <woolfpac@prodigy.net> To: <CherokeeGene-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 1:19 PM Subject: Re: [CherokeeGeneCommunity] lost ancestors > Susan, > > I assume you have looked on the 1920 census without finding them ? > Could they have used nicknames? > > There are a few other records you might try to find. Draft records, > tax records, voting records, ect. Have you tried to find county records > where they lived (some are online?). > > I always like to start with rootsweb.com and go to > the county lists & boards. Join the county list and post > your surnames and ask if anyone has access to records that might help. > While you wait go to the boards and search within the records there. Use > google.com to search as well. > > That is just a basic idea that might help you. Perhaps you've > already done all this. IF so, let us know and we can try some other > ideas. > > One more thought. Did you look at the census yourself or online > records that was transcriped? If they are not original there could be an > err in your names. For example my family was written as H. ADKINS on the > index and I was seeking Hezekiah ADKISSON. I pulled up that page (just > in case) and low and behold it was ADKISSON on the record, sort of > scratched on, and the person transcribing misread it. When you are > dealing with transcription anything can happen. Also, if you are using > the soundex, be sure the name can't be soundexed two ways. Example: > MYER and MYERS completely different soundexes. THOMPSON and THOMSON > different. I have many like this and I must look in both soundexes. > > good luck, Debbie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "susan smathers" <susan56@tampabay.rr.com> > To: <CherokeeGene-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 4:35 AM > Subject: [CherokeeGeneCommunity] lost ancestors > > >>I can not find my grandfather or my great-grandmother on the federal >>census. I have a social security application that list my grandfathers dob >>as 1911, church records list his dob as 1901. I have searched all the >>counties in S.C. N.C. and Virginia, Here is what I know so far. >> >> Sallie Self married Tilton or Tillain Hill >> James Ervin Hill born in White Plains, S.C. or Greenville, S.C. >> James Ervin Hill married Catherine Geneva Bright. lived in Gaffney, S.C. >> James and Geneva moved to Asheville, N.C. about 1942. >> Sallie had a half brother Bill Millwood, lived in Lynchburg, Virginia >> I have also searched the Rolls. I have always been told we are Cherokee, >> I am trying to find which side it come down. does anyone lead me in the >> direction where to find the above. >> susan smathers >> >> >> >>> >>> ==== CherokeeGene Mailing List ==== >>> This list is for Genealogy related conversations >>> Your supporting website http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Cherokee1.html >>> Please Good manners and do not be rude to others >>> For Culture, ridges; bumps; skin tones; or Language lessons Please visit >>> CHEROKEE-L-request@rootsweb.com >>> You can also find what you need search the archives >>> or to get off this list via web site below >>> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CherokeeGene.html >>> Listowner = CherokeeGene-admin@rootsweb.com >>> >> >> >> >> ==== CherokeeGene Mailing List ==== >> This list is for Genealogy related conversations >> Your supporting website http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Cherokee1.html >> Please Good manners and do not be rude to others >> For Culture, ridges; bumps; skin tones; or Language lessons Please visit >> CHEROKEE-L-request@rootsweb.com >> You can also find what you need search the archives >> or to get off this list via web site below >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CherokeeGene.html >> Listowner = CherokeeGene-admin@rootsweb.com >> >> > > > > ==== CherokeeGene Mailing List ==== > This list is for Genealogy related conversations > Your supporting website http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Cherokee1.html > Please Good manners and do not be rude to others > For Culture, ridges; bumps; skin tones; or Language lessons Please visit > CHEROKEE-L-request@rootsweb.com > You can also find what you need search the archives > or to get off this list via web site below > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CherokeeGene.html > Listowner = CherokeeGene-admin@rootsweb.com >