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Ancestry/Genealogy

no_hypocrisy

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13. My father doesn't have the same accent as Jimmy Stewart.

Reply to madinmaryland (Reply #12)

Mon Apr 9, 2012, 09:59 PM

Apr 2012

When we were children, he'd bring us back to his hometown and show us places where he grew up. I returned 16 years ago with a camera. I looked up all the addresses in the Dubois' directory (where the family lived) and took pictures of the homes. A lot of the town is essentially intact since last century.

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saving 1940 census pages [View all] tru Apr 2012 OP

I've been downloading and saving the images Viva_La_Revolution Apr 2012 #1

yes tru Apr 2012 #3

Oh for the days when it was as easy as 'click on the save button.' Dem2theMax Apr 2012 #2

Will I have a hard time finding my grandparents in Pittsburgh? I have no idea the name of the no_hypocrisy Apr 2012 #4

can you tru Apr 2012 #5

Do you know where there were in 1930. There is a way to determine the enumeration from 1930 to 1940 madinmaryland Apr 2012 #6

Not a clue unless a library in Pittsburgh has a directory from that year. no_hypocrisy Apr 2012 #7

Have you checked the 1930 Census for either DuBois or Pittsburgh? madinmaryland Apr 2012 #8

Cool about your family coming from Clearfield County. no_hypocrisy Apr 2012 #9

We were mostly in Jefferson County, but had relatives in Armstrong, Clarion and Clearfield County. madinmaryland Apr 2012 #10

Wasn't Jimmy Stewart's family from Jefferson County? no_hypocrisy Apr 2012 #11

He was from Indiana, PA, in Indiana County, which is the county south of Jefferson and madinmaryland Apr 2012 #12

My father doesn't have the same accent as Jimmy Stewart. no_hypocrisy Apr 2012 #13