Seeking records about Mollie Porter

Hi Johna,

Welcome to History Hub,

Researchers will need more information to be able to help you.

For instance, any dates (birth, marriage, death), residences, other family names,

I suggest that you try familysearch.org. It is a free genealogy website, you just need to register to use.

I did find an Abner H.(possibly Henderson) Porter married to Mollie in the 1940 Census

Abner H Porter, "United States Census, 1940" (familysearch.org)

Alice Lane

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Dear Ms. Stringer,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the Population Schedules for the 1900 Census, and the Population Schedules for the 1910 Census, the Population Schedules for the 1920 Census, the Population Schedules for the 1930 Census, and  the Population Schedules for the 1940 Census in the Records of the Bureau of the Census (Record Group 29) that may contain records of your grandmother.  The 1940 Census  schedules are digitized and available using the Catalog. See NARA’s 1940 Census Records web page for more information. For access to the non-digitized schedules, please contact the National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual Reference (RDT1) via email at archives1reference@nara.gov. 

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For information about the U.S. Census, see the Census Bureau technical documentation and questionnaires.

You may wish to search Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org for the U.S. Census. There may be a fee for using Ancestry. Instead, check for access at your local library as many library systems subscribe to these sites, making them free for their patrons.

We suggest that you review NARA’s Resources for Genealogists, as well as the FamilySearch Research wiki for United States Genealogy.  In addition, the document Suggestions and Advice for Family History Researchers may be useful.

We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your family research!