Perhaps you have heard about Ancestry's effort to string together a
number of sources of basic information which could bridge the gap left
by the destruction of the 1890 US Census. As the various bits are put
online (mostly city directories, but also tax lists, voter registration
lists, etc), they will be searchable for free for a few weeks. So it
might be worthwhile to visit this url weekly. Would anyone from this
list volunteer to do such a lookup and report back to the list with
their findings? I'm just too swamped to take on another project!
1890 Federal Census Substitute (First Installment)
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http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/1890sub/main.htm>
Anyway, in a Soundex search of this week's information, I found these
Calhoons:
Search Terms: CALHOON (5)
Database: Memphis, Tennessee City Directories, 1890-1891
Combined Matches: 5
Name Business Name Occupation Location 1 Location 2 City State
Year
Julia Calhoon, widow N. r 57 Mosby Memphis TN 1890
DeWitt McNutt Mrs J. Calhoon clerk boards 57 Mosby Memphis TN 1890
Julia Calhoon, widow N. r 57 Mosby Memphis TN 1891
Willis L. Calhoon W. Goodman & Co. bookkeeper r 104 Polk Memphis TN
1891
Newton C. Moore Mrs. N. Calhoon clerk r 57 Mosby Memphis TN 1891
Let me quote the message in which I found this information:
"The search engine is fast and easy to use compared to going to
libraries and looking in the actual directory. However, using an actual
directory is much more satisfying because it usually has more
information, such as if they owned or rented their own home (useful for
locating property records), and a possible reverse directory (useful for
finding neighbors). They also are full of information on local
businesses, churches, fraternal organizations, schools, etc. As these
city directories keep appearing online, I will use them as indexes to
the actual directories. (I know that sounds redundant.) I still would
like to use the actual directories to the fullest extent possible. On
the other hand, many libraries do not allow photocopying of hard copies.
It might be an interesting timesaver to print out all the people with a
given name for a given directory, and take that copy to the library
where added information can be easily pencilled in.
Virginia Sholin Smallwood"
Please write me privately <mailto:valoriez@aa.net> if you are willing to
get this sort of report weekly, as we only need one person doing it!
Valorie, listmom