Author Archives: juneld

Finding a 1940 Enumeration District (ED) number

Posted on 10 February 2012 by juneld

I found Walt Disney’s 1940 ED number! Thanks to Steve Morse’s ‘One Step’ website http://stevemorse.org/, family historians have some great tools to work with before the 1940 U.S. census is released and indexed. These tools are easy to use but … Continue reading →

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Rising Cost of Vital Records

Posted on 7 December 2011 by juneld

 *Revised from previous post* County Recorder websites throughout California are announcing a $2 increase to the cost of certified copies of birth and death records beginning in January 2012. This is the due to an increase in the base fee of $3 which … Continue reading →

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Find of the Month: What Became of Mary?

Posted on 21 November 2011 by juneld

Family historians wondered: What became of Mary Gardner? She was last seen as a young woman in the 1860 U.S.census living in Santa Clara County, California, with her parents. Family believed she may have married Leonard Reynolds because a deed … Continue reading →

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