Naming Names

Theme Song: Chant to Call the Indians Out by Wyton Marsalis

In my previous post I said I couldn’t find my Roberson family on the census, although I found them last year on the 1930 (or was that 1920) census roll in Alabama.  I don’t know what happened to make them disappear from Ancestry.com.  Last night I checked all the places I thought I could have tucked away the printed information but I couldn’t find it.  Mama called me this morning to give me the names again and tell me what areas we lived in.  From what I know we have always been in Alabama until the great migration that sent many African Americans to move North.  My Great Grandfather Jack didn’t want to make the move but most of his sons and daughters were living in Cincinnati so he was convinced to move here.  He didn’t live too many years after they came.

My mother gave me the names of all of my Great Uncles and Aunts.  A lot of them are dead.  I only have two Great Aunts living now and I forget how many of my Uncles have passed away.  They always hated that I couldnt’ tell them apart but the Roberson’s have some strong genes.  The boys all looked alike. 

My mother also told me that someone did a family tree for the Robersons and I have to ask around to see who still has it.  She also gave me the phone number of her half sister in Alabama so I can ask about her father’s family.

 Sometimes the person translating it onto the net just can’t read.  Yesterday I found my paternal grandmother Pearl on the census with the name Pearl but Ancestry had her name as Rose.  They are blind.  I finally was able to go back to the 1910 census with her and her kids and her husband.  Her mother was even living with them. 

Hopefully someone who is doing research on these families will be able to offer me help or in time I will be a good source of information for them.  Once I get the scanner working again I can scan documents onto the site and pictures as well.