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Friday, January 29, 2016

RUFUS NICHOLS 1910 #FamilyHistoryFriday


1910 CENSUS

Name Rhufus Nickles
Age in 1910 16
Birth Year abt 1894
Birthplace Virginia
Home in 1910 Locust Grove, Floyd, Virginia
Race White
Gender Male
Relation to Head of House Son
Marital Status Single
Father's Birthplace Virginia
Mother's Name Terissi Nickles
Mother's Birthplace Virginia
Native Tongue English
Attended School Yes
Able to read Yes
Able to Write Yes
Household Members
NameAge
James I Nickles 37
Terissi Nickles 37
Rhufus Nickles 16
Rhachel Nickles 12
Joseph Nickles 10
Adaline C Nickles 9
Ezekiel Nickles 8
Ada Nickles 7
Rich Nickles 2
Banks Nickles 1    


Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Rufus S Nichols 1900 #FamilyTreeTuesday


1900 CENSUS   

Name: Rufus S Nicholas
Age: 6
Birth Date: Aug 1893
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Blackwater, Franklin, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: James J Nicholas
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Teresa M Nicholas
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
NameAgeJames J Nicholas 25
Teresa M Nicholas 26
Rufus S Nicholas 6
Rachal I Nicholas 2
Joseph F Nicholas 4
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Source Citation

Year: 1900; Census Place: Blackwater, Franklin, Virginia; Roll: 1709; Page: 15B; Enumeration District:0022; FHL microfilm: 1241709

Source Information

Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

Description

This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.

Friday, January 22, 2016

RUFUS SAMUEL NICHOLS 1893 #FamilyHistoryFriday

Submitted for your approval, the records and sources of my climb up the family tree... The following is vital records of a true story. The names have not been changed. Sign post up ahead, your next stop, THE FAMILY TREE.

Meet Rufus S. Nichols, my grandpa, paternal. Born and raised on a farm and lived out his life on the farm... Rufus was the son of Jim and Tressie King Nichols... more on them later... 


Rufus S. Nichols
Virginia, Births and Christenings
Name Rufus S. Nichols
Gender Male
Birth Date 22 Aug 1893
Birthplace Fourth District, Franklin, Virginia
Race White
Father's Name J. I. Nichols
Mother's Name Terissia M. Nichols 

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X5L4-KFX   


Thursday, January 21, 2016

PROJECT PAPER TRAIL #VITALS

JUST LIKE STARTING OVER... 
PROJECT PAPER TRAIL  

LAST YEAR, A BUNCH OF OTHER FAMILY HISTORY BLOGGERS STARTED OVER. 
THIS YEAR, ITS MY TURN.... VITAL RECORDS ARE THE BACKBONE OF A GOOD TREE. 
AND THIS YEAR, I AM STARTING OVER AND PUBLISHING THE VITALS OF MY ANCESTORS AS FAR BACK AS POSSIBLE....  

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

2 year Blogiversary!!!

Well, its Family Tree Tuesday again and this week its my two year Blogiversary!

That's right Q and A is 2 now. Can you believe it? What is your favorite post??? 


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