Tallapoosa Bound

What was learned while we were in Tallapoosa, Georgia:

"Tallapoosa achieved international renown in 1890 when Gen. Benjamin F. Butler of Massachusetts and other notables including two United States Treasurers -- A. U. Wyman and James W. Hyatt -- organized the Georgia Alabama Investment and Development Co., to build a new city along the tracks of the Georgia Pacific Railroad, which had been built in 1882."

John F. More of Sanilac County, Michigan, bought property in Tallapoosa, Haralson County, Georgia, in 1899.  J. F. More, his wife, Lorancy, and daughter, Kezzie, made the move from Michigan to Georgia.  J. F. More's sister, Addie, was my great-grandmother.

John F. More was a railroad engineer; did the Georgia Pacific Railroad development figure in his decision to move?

Tallapoosa is linked to the music of A. A. (Ahaz Augustus) Gray & Seven Foot Dilley (from Tallapoosa Bound at YouTube).

Soundex Cards - An Old-Fashioned Way Of Researching

A Soundex Card on microfilm was the old-fashioned way to locate specific people in the census:

Before the census(es) were searchable online, the Soundex Card Index on microfilm (at the Library of Michigan) was used to find John F. More in the 1900 census.  I knew that John F. More and family moved to Georgia from Michigan and lived in Ware Co., Georgia some time after 1900.  Where were they in 1900, though?  I found them through the Soundex Card (above) as MOORE in Haralson County, Georgia.

The first step was to determine* which roll of microfilm needed to be viewed. *Cracking the Soundex Code here.  [M-600 is the Soundex Code for More/Moore (M for the 1st letter; O is ignored; R is 6 and E is ignored)].

With the County, Enumeration District and Sheet # found on the Soundex Card, the family was then found in the actual 1900 census (which also had to be done using microfilm at that time).

Today a search can be done from home using FamilySearch.org ( the More Family in the 1900 Census found the online way).  How much do I appreciate the online resources while reflecting about the old-fashioned way of doing things!!