[or-roots] Progress report on 1940 census

[Anne Comer]

Whoot-hoot!   Found grandpa and...  FOUND MYSELF.  I didn't expect  
this, but I guess we had not moved to Portland before the census was  
taken.  I'm there in Waldport, age four.  Thanks to all who gave  
suggestions.

Anne
Olympia, WA


On Apr 5, 2012, at 8:17 PM, Barbara Wulf wrote:

> Go just to Lincoln County. Then look at all of the ones listed.  
> Waldport is in the second col
>
> Alsea Election Precinct, Waldport
>
> Barb Wulf
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Anne Comer
> To: or-roots mail list
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 6:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Progress report on 1940 census
>
> In 1940 my family was in Portland but I have no idea what  
> enumeration district, so that is an impossibility for now. I'll wait  
> until I can search by name.  But, can anyone come up with an answer  
> to this:  I was born in Waldport which had (and still does have) a  
> very small population, easily searched. I wanted to find my  
> grandfather.  So I went to Oregon, Lincoln County and looked for  
> Waldport under the list of populated places.  It isn't there.
>
> Anne Hudelson Comer
> Olympia, WA
>
>
> On Apr 5, 2012, at 5:34 PM, Kith-n-Kin wrote:
>
>> Huh. Apparently they didn’t enumerate the following:
>> Kinzua
>> Heppner
>> Between Jacksonville and Medford.
>> I think I’ll wait! But, on the other hand, I found my  
>> greatgrandfather, widowed, living by himself in Jacksonville. I  
>> thought he was living with my grandparents by that time.
>> This is really fun. Should take me all year to get it all sorted out!
>> Pat
>> In Tucson
>> From: or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us 
>> ] On Behalf Of Leslie Chapman
>> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 4:04 PM
>> To: or-roots mail list
>> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Progress report on 1940 census
>> Working on my third sheet, one Dixonville, one Portland and now in  
>> Roseburg, wish I could figure out how to pick the pages I am doing.
>> Les C
>>
>> --- On Thu, 4/5/12, W David Samuelsen <dsam52 at sampubco.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: W David Samuelsen <dsam52 at sampubco.com>
>> Subject: [or-roots] Progress report on 1940 census
>> To: "Oregon-L" <OREGON-L at rootsweb.com>, "Or-Roots" <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us 
>> >, "Orgen-L" <orgen at rootsweb.com>
>> Date: Thursday, April 5, 2012, 12:19 PM
>>
>> the progress chart is on familysearch.org showing how much had been  
>> indexed.
>>
>> Alabama 0
>> Colorado 70
>> Delaware 99
>> Florida 29
>> Kansas 22
>> Louisiana 0
>> Mississippi 0
>> Oklahoma 1
>> Pennsylvania 0
>> Oregon 22
>> Virginia 3
>>
>> These reflect the point AFTER arbitration.
>>
>> under these states, participating societies are listed.
>>
>> www.familysearch.org
>>
>> go to United States, then to united states census, 1940  and sign  
>> up to volunteer to index
>>
>> David Samuelsen
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