Re: GENEVIEVE JOSEPHINE HARGREAVES
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GENEVIEVE JOSEPHINE HARGREAVES
jenny k 3/20/05
I see that you've posted this on both the Washington, DC and Washington state boards and that you're looking for free sites to help you.
In the U.S., birth records are maintained by the 50 states and the District of Columbia -- there is no central registry.So, you would need to check either in the District of Columbia or in Washington state for Genevieve's birth record.In addition, the requirements for the registration of births varied widely in the states and many births were never registered until years later.For example, my grandmother was born at home in 1908.Her birth was never formally registered with the state until she got ready to collect Social Security at the age of 65.
My understanding is that, in Washington state births were maintained by each county until 1907, so you'd need to know where Genevieve was born in Washington state (if she was born there and not Washington, DC).If she was born in Washington, DC, my understanding is that the Department of Health has birth records going back to 1874.
I could not locate any families named Hargreaves in the 1880 census of either Washington, DC or Washington state.There were similar names (Hargrove and Hargraves) but no Hargreaves.The 1880 census is available for free at http://www.familysearch.orghttp://www.familysearch.org.
The 1890 census was destroyed by fire.Unfortunately, if Genevieve was born between 1880 and 1885 that's the census she would have appeared in first (unless she was born early enough in 1880 to have appeared in that census, and it appears that she was not).I cannot locate her in the 1900 census at all (I have a subscription to one of the fee-based services).Perhaps she and/or her family had emigrated by then.
You also need to bear in mind that there are literally hundreds of places named Washington in the United States.Unless you can narrow down where she was born or find the names of her parents (which may be on her death certificate or other official records in Australia), it may be very difficult for you to find out more.
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Re: GENEVIEVE JOSEPHINE HARGREAVES
jenny k 6/01/06