Kerley Carely Curly Kirley...

Oh there are so many ways to (mis)spell KERLEY.
That is what makes them so fun (HARD!) to find!

Do you ever just go back and work a line because you are hoping to find more information than the last hundred times you looked? Well, I began to search through census records again because I like to compare the transcriptions against the actual microfilm of the said census. I know that transcribers do the best that they can when reading the old, crummy looking films, but when it's YOUR FAMILY NAME you are more likely to see the correct name.

1790
95-15 Carely, Henry (16+male) 1 (under 16 male) 4 (females)2 . . . (Company)6th Co.
95-14 Carely, James (16+male)1 (under 16 male)1 (females)2 . . . 6th Co.
1800
Males Females
All to-10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+ to-10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+ Others Slaves Remarks
735 25 Cirley Henry pg00720.txt
735 21 Cirley James pg00720.txt
735 21 Cirley James 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
735 25 Cirley Henry 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
736 10 Cirby Josiah 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0
737 21 Cirby Larkin 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

1810 Burke, NC
CARILY 106
CARLY 116
Henry Carly 30100100111
CURBY 112
KIRBY 112-117-121-122-131

1820 Burke, NC
CARELY 11-23-27-75
CIRBY 27-29-65-73-105

p.11
Daniel Carely 21001----11-1
p.23
Henry Carely 00332200220-05
Lewis Carely 20001010010-01
p.27
William Carely 30001020100-0100
John Cirby 1100102010001
p.73
John Cirby 1100101101002
p.75
Larkin Carely 210101011010201

Take the time to go look at the census records for yourself -- do not depend on the transcriptionist to do it for you!

I am still trying to find information on my ancestor: James Willis KERLEY (1799, North Caroline) and his father, Daniel KERLEY. I've combed over records from other KERLEY families and still have not figured out how mine fit in. Not everyone has a great, original name like Dece! ;-) Although, I suppose, if I had been born in the 1800's, someone might be trying to spell my name with as many variations as Kerley has been given! ;-)

You can get to the original census microfilms through Heritage Quest. I access it online via the public library. You can also see original microfilms through familysearch. I like to get my information for FREE and AT HOME -- when I have 20 minutes here or there to go looking! :)

If you have any comments or questions, please leave a comment or email me!
Dece

Great search tool

I have been sneaking in some time to do online research on my surnames -- though I find myself easily frustrated because I do not have the uninterrupted time to focus or to GO to the library to work on genealogy. Here is a place to search the records that are being placed online -- digitized and searchable - by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=home

You can see actual census images and save specific pages to your home computer -- which is a great help! :)

See what you can find for your names! :)

I hope you have a great day!
Dece