1940 Census

[HisDaughter]

The 1940 Census has been released this month. I have been very busy indexing the micro film into a searchable database for researchers to find their family members. One of my hobbies is genealogy. In my search I have found that I am related to Jean Baptist Guillory. He is were all of the Guillory families in the US come from. There is a very interesting story regarding him living with his wife's personal slave as his wife. After his wife died he moved his family and Margarite (his wife's slave) to Louisiana. At one point his children took Margarite saying that she didn't belong to their father because she was their mother's property. It is said that he went and took her back at knife point.

He fathered 4 children by her. He gave her a paper freeing her and her children, upon his death. After his death this was challenged by his white children and ended up in court.

I love history! and genealogy. Among other names in my family tree are Hagenauer, Howorka, Vierling, Schmidt, Scheurer, Kohlmann, Fontenot, Robin, and Deshotel

Hagenauer, Kohlmann, Vierling are likely from a Jewish line. This I am very pleased to know that I likely have Jewish blood in me.

If you are interested in indexing this is the site where you can get started: https://the1940census.com/society/

If you are interested in doing a family tree I have been doing this for 20+ years and might be able to give you some pointers.

[Unclaimed Treasure]

Thanks. My mother's side of the family is pretty well documented; a cousin of hers even published a book. But my father's side of the family is something of a mystery, although I recently learned that my dad's maternal grandfather served in a Pennsylvania regiment during the Civil War...so now I have two ancestors, the other being my mother's great-grandfather who served in that war.

[HisDaughter]

Yes, I have found on my mother's side as far as the war of 1812. My husband's family I have found an ancestor that arrived to the original 13 Colonies and the ship he came on.

[historyb]

That is cool. One of my aunt's did my history all the way back to a farmer in England, I loved looking at the research and seeing all the history. I'm going to look at the 1940 census data it's one of my favorite periods of American history. I even got a subscription to Good Old days magazine to read all the history from the 30's, 40's and 50's