History in newspaper
An old newspaper does not have to be very old to give us good information for our family tree. It also does not have to be printed in our ancestors’ community to have… Continue reading
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WarkaWater Towers
Originally posted on Sustain By Design:
While there are some really interesting projects and organizations working to get clean, fresh water to parts of rural Africa, I love the WarkaWater towers for their…
Early blog post – 1000 – Family Trees – The MIONSIOG List – Update – 7
There is an update to this post: UPDATE 04 Jan 2020 https://munozcollection.com/2017/04/25/1042-family-tree-names-and-surnames-table/ Apr 2, 2017 UPDATE: The MIONSIOG family tree project is at the half way mark. I have completed editing the MS… Continue reading
Search newspapers on line
Some times another blogger has already covered a subject so it would be silly to rewrite what has already been said. Here is one such posting from Dick Eastman. https://blog.eogn.com/2014/09/21/elephind-a-digital-newspaper-collections-search-engine/
Murder List
I found a blog post that my readers might like. — http://www.murderbygaslight.com/p/murder-list.html Thank You Jose from Clarkston, Michigan
Schwartz Family History
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… Continue reading
Google Search Hints
Sometimes I find a blog posting that I wish I had written. Here is one on “How To” use the search options on Google and other search sites. I’ve learned so much from… Continue reading
How to search Google Scanned News
I don’t know why I’ve never seen this before as it was published in 2013. You’d think that with all the work I’ve been doing with Google News Archive collection I would have… Continue reading
Robert W Spang obit 1910 – Penn
Sometimes you have to cut up the newspaper item in order to make it fit better on the tree. Newspaper columns are narrow and long and fit the news print page but are… Continue reading
1928 Rochester, New York – Two little girls on the front page
Update: Today 07 Apr 2017, I got a message from a person named Justin who said; “Jean Read in the photo is my grandmother. Making the missing woman my great grandmother…”. I will… Continue reading
Charlene Doris Dupper – Miss Spokane 1971
When you find an item in a newspaper that has a picture of the person, make sure to grab the whole item not just the picture or not just the story. —… Continue reading
Genealogy Lessons on You Tube 2.0
There are many genealogy lessons on You Tube. Below are some of those lessons. ============================= Crista Cowan ———— Ancestry.com You Tube lessons ============================================== Some Genealogy Records Have No Names =============================================== What Do I… Continue reading
John Miller obit – 1901
As readers of my blog know, I create trees using information off of old newspaper items. Once I create the tree and attach a screen print of the news item, I then try… Continue reading
Povey and Partridge families connection 1899 – Michigan
Why should I follow a branch that is not mine? I wrote a piece about this subject a while back and I have now found another good example of why you should follow… Continue reading