Bit the bullet and ordered the birth certificate for my dad. Interesting, I can get the certificate on-line and really quickly for the small fee of $80.00 or get it snail mail for $12.00. I really want it right now, hate waiting, but the difference in price went towards new baseball cleats. I am really anxious to see if they even have one and what it might say. Feels kinda' like Christmas morning seeing what Santa will bring.
Citing sources has been time consuming but as I go through each document, there are details I've missed. The 1930 census shows my grandfather as a farmer but a little code to the side says he was employed. That confirms the letter he wrote to his brother in 1926 where he talks about the farm and the job with the railroad. I knew he farmed and I knew he was employed but now I also have a time frame. I can't imagine working a full time job and handling a farm at the same time. My dad used to talk about the sugar beets they grew and he would have been 9 or 10 (depending on the birth certificate) working with his brothers on the farm as well.
While I wait to see how old my dad really was in 1930, I will move on to the 1940 census. Wonder what details I've missed there?
Let's hope we live forever so we can do all these genealogy projects that beckon us.
ReplyDeleteI have found the 1940 Census to be a wealth of new information when comparing it to earlier Census. I hope you get some answers about your Dad from his birth certificate. I am getting ready for the April AtoZ Challenge with photos from the 1950's. Just posted about it. Stop by and check it out.
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