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I was playing around with the 1930 census for Noralee and I created more questions. In 1930 Noralee, age 4, lives with her mother (Theresa) and they live at the home of Theresa’s parents, along with Theresa’s sister (Lucille) and her husband (Russell Frost). I checked the date that the 1930 census was taken to... Continue Reading →
Here is what the FaceBook Genealogy group pages can do for YOU. Besides posts of old photos and posts of people asking for help with a brick wall, a FaceBook group page can provide the many additional sets of eyes, to help answer your questions. In the example below you will see 16+ people replied... Continue Reading →
I was helping my sister with her house moving work; carrying boxes to garage, emptying cabinets for movers to take... etc. and she showed me a Family Tree book she had stored in one of the many "safe" places one has around the house. I asked her if I could take the book home with... Continue Reading →
In previous blogs I’ve written about the good resources one can find in a City Directory and I found an excellent example in the 1953 Detroit City Directory. While creating the family tree for Gordon F Laramie, I got a City Directory hint for Morris G Laramie. The hint gives me... Continue Reading →
City Directory 1920 Detroit, Michigan The art of engraving 1920's I was working on the "D. R. Lewis wed Ida Mae Jordan 1902, Baltimore Family Tree" when I was asked by one of the owners to help her with information about her great-grandmother. I created a tree for her family; "Oscar William Parrish - Bev... Continue Reading →
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