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Re: Seeking to discover biological father of grandmother
David Kline May 29, 2020 11:56 PM (in response to R Family)I do not have the answer to your question. However, I did find your family on FamilySearch.org. I "cleaned-up" some obvious discrepancies and posted some hints which might help you. The site is free. Your ancestor is GQSR-5LF. Good luck.
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Re: Seeking to discover biological father of grandmother
Rebecca CollierJun 3, 2020 10:43 AM (in response to R Family)
Dear Ms. Roberts,
Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!
We suggest that you check with Wisconsin Department of Health Services - Vital Records Services for a record of amending her birth certificate or perhaps an adoption by Paul Steffen. Perhaps her parents had to provide a birth certificate when Vivian attended school. Unfortunately, the requirements for school enrollment, voting driver’s license, a marriage license, or applying to Social Security were not as legalistic as they are now.
We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the Population Schedules for the 1930 Census (T626) in the Records of the Bureau of the Census (Record Group 29), which indicates in the schedule for Washington County, Wisconsin that Evelyn was employed as a hired girl at a private residence. Most of the schedules have not been digitized yet and available using the Catalog. For access to the non-digitized schedules (T626), please contact the National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual Reference (RDT1) via email at archives1reference@nara.gov.
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We hope that this is helpful. Best of luck with your family research!