I am trying to find my Grand mother's place of birth in the United states . She was born in the late 1800's, possibly in Kentucky
I am trying to find my Grand mother's place of birth in the United states . She was born in the late 1800's, possibly in Kentucky
I see that 'late 1800's' refers to the period between 1870 and 1900. Have you found her on the 1870 census? Is McKinney a maiden or married name? The 1870 census shows using an exact match one person in Carter KY but born in 1805 in Virginia. https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&q.givenName=Vina&q.givenName.exact=on&q.surname=McKinney&q.surname.exact=on&f.collectionId=1438024 If I don't use exact match names, I see 340 hits. If I use the 1900 census, exact matches... I get 681 hits.
Maiden Name. How would I pull up the 1900 census. Thank you very much
Randy, I used FamilySearch.org... registration needed but it's free. Asking for Vina McKinney (exact),, and filtered by the 1900 Census. I see 3 results. www.familysearch.org/.../results
Thanks a great deal Joel
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