This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/8127 Message Board Post: I understand that Kent became Grand Rapids, but I don't understand why a guy (William McCrodan d. 1921 or his son William d. 1969) shows up on the SSDI for Grand Rapids but doesn't show up on Ancestry.com's 1920 or 1930 US Census lists for the entire state. Any suggestions?

Well now, you shouldn't post such a general question as you'll get a response from me. LOL 1. A Mc name is very hard to search for in Ancestry's index. Do an advance search for Gaines twp, Kent County with just the most unusual first name.. Then you can just look at every family where that name occurs. Since you know the township that shouldn't be so many names, you could even look at every page in the township. Maybe ten or twenty pages? No big deal. For example: My grandpa's name was Jan Vander Mark, Vander Mark being the surname. The indexer assumed his name was Jan Mark Vander, Mark being his middle name so I found the family by just searching for Vander. You could search for just Mc* or Mac* > I understand that Kent became Grand Rapids, but I don't understand this reference in relation to the rest of your query. Kent Twp was renamed Grand Rapids Twp in 1842 which has nothing to do with Gaines Twp. These two twps aren't even adjacent to each other. And the name change for a township has nothing to do with the modern location of the federal post office in the City of Grand Rapids which is what the SSDI gives, the location of the post office where their last check was mailed. The City of Grand Rapids includes land from four townships: Grand Rapids, Walker, Paris and Wyoming. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 6:50 PM Subject: [MIKENT] Further to McCrodans in Gaines, Kent, Michigan. > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/8127 > > Message Board Post: > > I understand that Kent became Grand Rapids, but I don't understand why a > guy (William McCrodan d. 1921 or his son William d. 1969) shows up on the > SSDI for Grand Rapids but doesn't show up on Ancestry.com's 1920 or 1930 > US Census lists for the entire state. Any suggestions? > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.14/548 - Release Date: > 11/23/2006 > >

It's indexed as William Mc Cradan on ancestry.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 6:50 PM Subject: [MIKENT] Further to McCrodans in Gaines, Kent, Michigan. > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/8127 > > Message Board Post: > > I understand that Kent became Grand Rapids, but I don't understand why a > guy (William McCrodan d. 1921 or his son William d. 1969) shows up on the > SSDI for Grand Rapids but doesn't show up on Ancestry.com's 1920 or 1930 > US Census lists for the entire state. Any suggestions? > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.14/548 - Release Date: > 11/23/2006 > >