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07/31/2026

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07/31/2026

Further research on Ernest Floyd King turned up these few things. His parents names on the census, a birth index, a draft card, an application for a military headstone, and this photograph. If this is my dad’s biological father, he definitely took after in looks to my grandmother’s side of the family having lighter colored hair.

I’ll have to see if I can find the back side of the draft registration card, as they list height, weight, hair and eye color.

I will continue to look for clues, and next time I’ll tell you about some DNA things I found.

07/31/2026

Do you have a plan when you sit down to do research, or do you just check to see what’s new with anyone that pops into your mind and follow leads?

There’s no right or wrong way to research, it’s really just about works for you.

I thought I’d share how I plan my research with you:

In each month of my planner I noted the ancestors on the dates of their births, marriages, and deaths. Then I research them on or close to significant dates.

I ordered from Amazon some quad rule notebooks. I write the names of the people whose information is inside. Along with their birth and death dates, and allow four or five pages for each name.

This is where I write notes on my findings, information from their BMD’s and census records, and pretty much just anything I find on them.

This keeps me from looking up the same stuff over and over. When I’m working on a particular person, I have quick access to what I already know about them.

It’s also handy when the non genealogists in your family call you from a dinner party with a question they want answered now! They are pretty impressed when you are quick with a response!

If you think you’ve found all the information, you’ll be surprised what else you find months or years later.
New things get added to all the sites all the time! You’re not done, you will never be done!! 🤣

07/31/2026

This week I got a letter back from The Tennessee Office of Vital Records regarding my request for my grandfather’s Death Certificate.

It says that Death, Marriage and Divorce Records are only kept in this office for 50 years, and referred me to The Tennessee State Library & Archives.

I will be sending a an application there soon, and will keep you posted.

07/24/2026

Physical research storage continued:

So, we have our storage containers, our hanging files and our individual manilla folders done, and now you might ask, what goes in the folders?

The answer is everything! This is where you’ll keep copies of vital records, photos, family stories, even handwritten notes on that particular person, whatever you have that pertains to them. All in one place, in their file with their family name and next to their relatives, for quick access.

You’ll notice the sticker on the front of the folder. This is just something I made that shows what’s inside, so I can see what’s in the folder without having to dig through.

The top one on the sticker ‘ lineage record’. Is a note on how that person is related to me. In case I forget, or for the genealogists that pick up where I left off.

I sometimes also write in other things of interest on the sticker, that can be found in the folder.

This about wraps up my storage solutions, if you have any questions post them here or DM me.

07/24/2026

My next place to search for my father’s biological father was census reports using the name Ernest King.
In the 1920, 30 and 40 reports I find Ernest living on Vanetten St. with his family. On the 1930 (the year my dad was born) census, one click back finds my grandmother Angela (16) living with her family.
That page does not have the street name written in the margin, but I know that census takers went from house to house along neighborhood streets. So they lived in very close proximity.
This prompted me to look at some paperwork for my great grandfather Felix, Angela’s father, and I find an address for him in the late 20’s on Manitou Street.
You can see on the census report of Ernest, that has the street names written in the margin, Manitou is the next street over.
😱 Angela and Ernest were neighbors for many years!!!

07/24/2026

Still no news on Pappy’s Death Certificate.
But I did find this Birth Certificate for my husband’s grandmother from 1886.
One thing that makes this a great find is her mother’s maiden name.
I’ve been looking for it for awhile, she is an immigrant, and the second wife to Frank Brandenburg which makes researching her difficult.
With this new knowledge I hope to trace her journey to America.

07/15/2026

In my search for my grandfather’s death certificate, I shared with you what ChatGPT suggested. I ended up googling the Tennessee Office of Vital Records, and there I found a form to fill out. You have to select the answers to the questions from ones they give you. Not all applied to me, so I printed out the form and filled them in by hand.

You can only do this by mail.

Along with the form I mailed this cover letter (did you see the typo? I hope they don’t hold that against me! 😂), a copy of my drivers license and a check for $15, to the address provided.

I had to put my phone number on the form, and they said they’d call if they had any further questions. It’s been 6 days and I haven’t heard anything yet. 🐌✉️

Can you imagine what genealogy research was like when you had to do it all through the mail???

07/15/2026

Physical Storage Continued:
Decide who you want to research. There’s probably a million different ways to do this, and it depends on what your end goal is for your research. Mine is to put together family data collections that are more than just dates and facts. I want to know as much as I can about their everyday lives. I want to know their stories, and I want to keep them alive for my future generations.
So, in each of my containers I have green folders for each generation of grandparents (you can do this for as far back as you want). The family sir name goes on the tab on the green folder.

Each manilla folder has the name that grandparent was born with.

Women included, put their MARRIED name in parentheses, and put their folder in the green file with THEIR families last name. Don’t put them in the file with their husband. Keep their information separate.

In each green folder I also have a manilla folder labeled Misc. (whatever the family sir name is, just because sometimes you find interesting things you might want to keep.

Also, notice the blue dot 🔵 on the folder. In both my husbands storage box and mine. All of our paternal ancestors on our fathers sides have 🔵, All of our ancestors on our father’s maternal side have 🟢, All of our mothers paternal ancestors have 🔴, All of our mothers maternal ancestors have 🌕.
This makes it easy to put them back in the right place.
Check in next time for what goes in the folders!

07/14/2026

If you’ve been following along on my search for my father’s biological father, here’s how my hunt continued: in 2017 I went back to Michigan for my cousin’s wedding. While there I had the chance to ask a relative what she knew? In her 90’s, her memory was a little foggy, but she remembered his last name was King, and she thought maybe he worked at a garage, or gas station. I took the information with a grain of salt, because that’s a lot of years ago, but it was more of a clue than I’d had so far.
One thing I learned about ancestry research is to not just focus on one person, but also look at their other family members and people close to them. So I started looking into my grandmother’s siblings.
I came upon this marriage certificate for her older sister Josephine and her husband Joe.
Take a look at the witness’ ! My grandmother Angela Walkowski and Ernest King!!!! 🫪 My father would have been about 2 years old at this time.
In the time since I found out about my father’s situation, I’ve imagined all kinds of scenarios; was the relationship consensual? Were they a couple? Did he die, or go off to war?
Finding this led me to believe she and Ernest were acquainted, friends, or maybe more.
But is that knowledge alone enough information to assume that person is my father’s biological father? Check in again and see where I searched next.

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