I want to remind everyone that the family reunion this year is on Saturday, July 21st, at Our Savior's Church in Norse. We had a very enjoyable time there last year, and Helon Ruth Viertel Knudson has reserved the hall for us. It's a bright, roomy place with everything we need. The surrounding country-side is beautiful -- so, you'll enjoy the drive out there. Join us on the 21st.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
The 2012 Family Reunion is Saturday, July 21st, in Norse
I want to remind everyone that the family reunion this year is on Saturday, July 21st, at Our Savior's Church in Norse. We had a very enjoyable time there last year, and Helon Ruth Viertel Knudson has reserved the hall for us. It's a bright, roomy place with everything we need. The surrounding country-side is beautiful -- so, you'll enjoy the drive out there. Join us on the 21st.
1940 US Census Records
Some of you may know the 1940 US Census records are now available online. I've done a cursory review of the records for Bosque County and found several families in our group.
The most important thing to remember is that the records are not yet indexed by name. You must search by enumeration district. To identify these districts you must look at the annotated county maps. You see the census map for most of Bosque County below.
The enumation districts have numbers that begin with '18.' The district for the town of Clifton is 18-18. The map isn't all that detailed, so you may need to do some trial-and-error searching to find your target family. For example, look at Norse. It's a small town but it sits on the boundary of two districts: 18-19 & 18-20. You may have to search both sets of records to find who you're looking for. You'll see a link to the map on the Census Web site just under the image. There are 6 map images for Bosque County, and Google doesn't allow much magnification, so you may want to go to the Census site to get a really good look. (You can see a highly-magnified view there.)
The most important thing to remember is that the records are not yet indexed by name. You must search by enumeration district. To identify these districts you must look at the annotated county maps. You see the census map for most of Bosque County below.
The enumation districts have numbers that begin with '18.' The district for the town of Clifton is 18-18. The map isn't all that detailed, so you may need to do some trial-and-error searching to find your target family. For example, look at Norse. It's a small town but it sits on the boundary of two districts: 18-19 & 18-20. You may have to search both sets of records to find who you're looking for. You'll see a link to the map on the Census Web site just under the image. There are 6 map images for Bosque County, and Google doesn't allow much magnification, so you may want to go to the Census site to get a really good look. (You can see a highly-magnified view there.)
Link to map on Census Web site.
For example, here is the page showing the Hugo Schulz family in enumeration district no. 18-19. They appear starting at line no. 31. (I've provided a link below to the page on the Census Web site, so you can see a highly-magnified view.)
Link to page on Census Web site.
This next page shows Jack Belcher's family on line no. 7. They also appear in district 18-19. Jack's wife, Evalyn Rachuig, was the daughter of Julius & Selma Schulz Rachuig. (Click the link under the image to get a magnified view.)
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