It’s National Voters Registration Day 2012!
Posted by Liv | Filed under Genea Musings
ccording to theGriot.com, today, September 25, 2012, over 1100 organizations across this country will come together nationally to inform people about voting opportunities and get them registered to vote in time for the 2012 General Election! This day reminds me of my 83 year old paternal great-grandmother, Birdie Elizabeth (Green) Aldridge, who I blogged about [...]
Tags: birdie aldridge, birdie green, Election 2012, great-grandmother, paternal great-grandmother, United States, US Census Bureau, Vote Texas, voter suppression, Voters Registration Day, votetexas.org, voting rights
My First 1940 US Census Find!
Posted by Liv | Filed under Research
Are you wondering how the indexing of the 1940 Census is going? Yes?! Then stop by FamilySearch.org to get their latest status on image availability by state. The entire 1940 census will be indexed by a community of volunteers and made FREE to the public at Family Search for perpetuity! According to their website as of [...]
Tags: 1940 census, ancestors, birdie aldridge, birdie green, enumeration districts, familysearch.org, genealogy, great-grandmother, kansas, Katy Railroad, Labette County. KS, M.K.& T, Morgan Aldridge, parsons, Parsons City Ward, paternal ancestors, texas
My Fearless Female Ancestor Who Made the News
Posted by Liv | Filed under Green, Surname
n March 2010, Lisa Alzo, better known as, The Accidental Genealogist, launched a series of 31 blogging prompts for celebrating and honoring the “fearless females” in our family trees. This online viral event was so popular with bloggers last year that they wanted to know if Lisa planned to host this event again this year. [...]
Tags: ancestor, birdie aldridge, birdie green, chappell hill, family history, great-grandmother, Parsons Kansas, texas, washington county
