this is an excellent search technique, I agree. Unfortunately, Augustus had died by 1910, and Emeline moved in with her daughter and husband on 7th Ave. So I really have little idea where Augustus and Emeline were from 1880 until 1905. Off to city directories, all of which I have ordered in past from FHC but did not retain all of NYC of course with the expense. Will check a few 1890s dates available on Ancestry. Does anyone have access to 1900 city directory? Elizabeth > [Original Message] > From: David Schoenberger <dschoenberger@nc.rr.com> > To: <knowltonew@earthlink.net>; <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> > Date: 6/29/2010 8:45:01 PM > Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] Augustus R. Wilkins 1900 census > > What were the names and birthyears of the other children? > I found a missing ancestor in 1900 by searching for the neighbors in the > 1910 census. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <knowltonew@earthlink.net> > To: <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 6:20 PM > Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] Augustus R. Wilkins 1900 census > > > >I have been researching the Wilkins family of NYC for many years and have > >my research on line at > > http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=winspeare > > > > Up to this point I have been unable to find Augustus (ca. 1843-1905) and > > his wife Emeline B. Groshon Wilkins (ca. 1850-1924) on the 1900 census. I > > have not located their youngest son, Jacob R. Wilkins (b. ca. 1878), > > either and believe he may still have been living at home. These Wilkinses > > were born and died in Manhattan; and I have found them on every other > > census, so it is most frustrating to be missing the information from 1900. > > Believe me, I have used every technique in the book in my search (24 years > > of experience), but I would be delighted to be "shown up" by any one of > > you. > > > > Augustus was a policeman, and his family had been in New York for many > > generations. > > > > Elizabeth W. Knowlton >