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How To Find Your Mom
www.gengateway.com
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Maps & Stuff
1835 Map of the New River Valley
See state maps here showing when counties were formed over time. Go to 'County Boundary Changes for Each Year' about half way down the page.
North Carolina Click Rotating Formation button
Virginia Click Rotating Formation button
State Maps Showing Counties as of today.
Map of Entire US Showing Counties
With a little work, this map can show counties in two different states at the same time. E.g., if you're interested in seeing Guilford Cnty NC and Grayson Cnty VA and their relative positions.
Problem: View relative position of Guilford Cnty NC & Grayson Cnty VA
Solution: Go to site above and in “Find location:” box enter “Guilford County NC” then enter “Grayson County VA”
VIRGINIA
Grayson
http://www.graysoncountyva.com/graysoncountyvahistory.aspx
Grayson County was formed in 1793 from part of Wythe County and was named for
William Grayson, one of Virginia's first two senators. and a part of Patrick County
was added in 1810. Note that the eastern half of the county became Carroll county in 1842.
http://www.myvirginiagenealogy.com/va_county/gra.htm
Carroll
Carroll County was formed in 1842 from Grayson County and was named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Maryland. And part of Patrick County was added in 1856. The county seat is Hillsville.
Pulaski
http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapulask/
Pulaski County, Virginia was formed in 1839 from parts of
Montgomery and Wythe Counties. The County seat is Pulaski.
Pulaski cnty is between Wythe & Montgomery (Wythe being
to the West)
NORTH CAROLINA
Research
NC Archives
MARS Help
MARS
Showing counties & cities
http://geology.com/county-map/north-carolina.shtml
Guilford
was formed in 1771 from parts of
Rowan County and
Orange County.
See familysearch.org for more info.
Chatham
was formed in 1771 from Orange
County.
Johnston
Johnston was formed in 1746 from
Craven. (Craven is near the coast)
US Census Links
Ancestry.com links to census records. You must first login to Ancestry in order for these links to work.
1790 Census The 1790, 1800, and 1890 federal census schedules for Virginia no longer exist.
1800 Census No longer exists for VA.
1810 Census
1820 Census
1830 Census
1840 Census
Only
name of head of household present prior to 1850
1850
Census
1860 Census
1870 Census
1880 Census
contains father's and mother's birthplace.
1890 Census Fragment
These records have been extracted from the remaining population schedules for the 1890 Federal Census, which was destroyed by a fire at the Commerce Department in Washington, DC on 10 January 1921. The surviving fragments consists of 1,233 pages or pieces, including enumerations for Alabama, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, and Texas. The records of only 6,160 of the 62,979,766 people enumerated survived the fire.
The original 1890 census enumerated people differently than ever before that time. Each family was enumerated on a separate sheet of paper. 1890 was the only year this was done.
The only surviving fragments are as follows:
Alabama—Perry County
District of Columbia—Q, S, 13th, 14th, RQ, Corcoran, 15th, SE, and Roggs streets, and Johnson Avenue
Georgia—Muscogee County (Columbus)
Illinois—McDonough County: Mound Township
Minnesota—Wright County: Rockford
New Jersey—Hudson County: Jersey City
New York—Westchester County: Eastchester; Suffok County: Brookhaven Township
North Carolina—Gaston County: South Point Township, Ricer Bend Township; Cleveland County: Township No. 2
Ohio—Hamilton County (Cincinnati); Clinton County: Wayne Township
South Dakota—Union County: Jefferson Township
Texas—Ellis County: S.P. no. 6, Mountain Peak, Ovila Precinct; Hood County: Precinct no. 5; Rusk County: Precinct no. 6 and J.P. no. 7; Trinity County: Trinity Town and Precinct no. 2; Kaufman County: Kaufman.
1900 Census
contains father's and mother's birthplace.
1910 Census
contains father's and mother's birthplace.
1920 Census
contains father's and mother's birthplace.
1930 Census
contains father's and mother's birthplace.
1940 Census
father's and mother's birthplace is NOT present, BUT all sorts of employment info for those 14 yrs & older ... hmmm ... me thinks the GOVERNMENT has taxes in mind ...
Blank census forms at Ancestry.com