17 Apr Genealogist for hire- April 17, 2021
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- 1 There is a lot of controversy about changes in election laws.
- 2 When I was a kid, I remember my grandpa telling me the story of when he was a kid (age 11), that he remembered older boys coming to the farm and telling him and his older brother, who was 14 at the time, to get their guns that they were going to Tulsa (30 miles west) to shoot rioters.
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- 4 There were some very efficient census-takers. They listed twins Ora Laura and Oran Lawrence Thompson on the same line. Are you excited as I am about the 1950 census that will be released next year? More to come!
- 5 What in the heck is a Sockdologer?
There is a lot of controversy about changes in election laws.
One issue was providing water and food to people waiting to vote. It used to be common for candidates to provide alcohol to their voters (see above). Sometimes the alcohol and food were labeled with the candidate’s name or logo. They must have felt that they could influence those “under the influence.”!
When I was a kid, I remember my grandpa telling me the story of when he was a kid (age 11), that he remembered older boys coming to the farm and telling him and his older brother, who was 14 at the time, to get their guns that they were going to Tulsa (30 miles west) to shoot rioters.
When I was a kid, I remember my grandpa telling me the story of when he was a kid (age 11), that he remembered older boys coming to the farm and telling him and his older brother, who was 14 at the time, to get their guns that they were going to Tulsa (30 miles west) to shoot rioters.His brother said, why would I want to shoot people? They did not go. Little did they know that they had declined to participate in what was a tragedy that most of us have not heard about.
Here is a lead-in article on the promise of Oklahoma and a follow-up article on the tragedy:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/unrealized-promise-oklahoma-180977174/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/tulsa-race-massacre-century-later-180977145/
There were some very efficient census-takers. They listed twins Ora Laura and Oran Lawrence Thompson on the same line.
Are you excited as I am about the 1950 census that will be released next year? More to come!
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What in the heck is a Sockdologer?