DeAnn, let me try to explain it to you. Until any of the genealogical sites of which Ancestry.com is but one gets the names etc, transposed into an indexing system you are not likely to find anyone. It is necessary to know where a person lived pretty much exactly to find them. In my case, I lived in Washington County, TN but even that wasn't enough. They were kind enough to show the ED (Enumeration Districts) maps of the county but there were no boundaries and most streets and roads were not named/numbered so it is pretty much hit and miss there I took likely ED's and began the laborious task of going line by line. Some of the ED's had as many as 46 census pages. So long story short, I found myself and guardians on page 33 of 46 of the last ED other than Johnson City because we didn't live in Johnson City. That was the only clue I had. There are about 20 ED's in the county besides Johnson City. I found the wife's family fairly easily since I knew she was born and raised in Carlton Township, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin so again by line by line, I found her. It isn't easy at this point but it will get better after the indexing is complete. Don't give up on Ancestry.com. They will come through. Good Luck, Ron Submarine Vet. On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 2:46 PM, DeAnn Leonard wrote: > I really don't know why Ancestor.com say they have this census. I > for one > should be in it and have not found any of my family. Does anyone knew > if > there is a secret to finding people?? This site sure was a waste of > money as > far as I am concerned. The Other years they have are fine but not > the > 1940's > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to > roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
I wasn't really in a hurry to see the 1940 census but I was curious so I looked up the family in 1930 and then used the same ED for 1940 and the same family popped with everyone 10 years older and one more child. I was born in November of '40 so I'm still in the dark. Gale Gorman Houston On Apr 14, 2012, at 3:38 PM, Ron Mitchell wrote: DeAnn, let me try to explain it to you. Until any of the genealogical sites of which Ancestry.com is but one gets the names etc, transposed into an indexing system you are not likely to find anyone. It is necessary to know where a person lived pretty much exactly to find them. In my case, I lived in Washington County, TN but even that wasn't enough. They were kind enough to show the ED (Enumeration Districts) maps of the county but there were no boundaries and most streets and roads were not named/numbered so it is pretty much hit and miss there I took likely ED's and began the laborious task of going line by line. Some of the ED's had as many as 46 census pages. So long story short, I found myself and guardians on page 33 of 46 of the last ED other than Johnson City because we didn't live in Johnson City. That was the only clue I had. There are about 20 ED's in the county besides Johnson City. I found the wife's family fairly easily since I knew she was born and raised in Carlton Township, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin so again by line by line, I found her. It isn't easy at this point but it will get better after the indexing is complete. Don't give up on Ancestry.com. They will come through. Good Luck, Ron Submarine Vet. On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 2:46 PM, DeAnn Leonard wrote: > I really don't know why Ancestor.com say they have this census. I > for one > should be in it and have not found any of my family. Does anyone knew > if > there is a secret to finding people?? This site sure was a waste of > money as > far as I am concerned. The Other years they have are fine but not > the > 1940's > ===== >