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Christine on Genealogy Time Travellers (U.K. & World Wide) FaceBook group page asked the following: "HELP NEEDED! Can anyone do a 'mirror' reading of this page please and tell us what it says. I can see some words like Register, London and the date 1749." Below are steps Christine can take to do what she... Continue Reading →
Don't you just hate seeing those tiny newspaper items on the family tree? I don't mean tiny as few words. I mean tiny as not cropped to fit the screen. I do not hate them because you cannot read them, because you can read them, if you click on them a couple of time, the... Continue Reading →
As my readers know from past blog posts, I encourage genealogist to continue looking for newspaper items, even when nothing comes up in a search. I have found many items about the particular family members in the local newspaper once I found the initial item but I never realized how many items I had accumulated... Continue Reading →
Charest Family Tree In the Enhanced News Archive blog, I've featured family trees that were created to hold an obit, that I found in an old newspaper. Usually when I find one item in a newspaper, I can find some more family items in the same newspaper collection. The Annie Charest family tree is the... Continue Reading →
It’s Halloween so I should not be surprised about how spooky the following story seems. I have not been reading other people’s blogs lately but today I read one about immigration documents. That posting lead me to write a piece about records which contain additional information about a person. In my piece I mentioned that... Continue Reading →
Back in the 1970's our little community of organic gardeners; in Lansing, Michigan, was all a buzz about the new book called "The Secret Life of Plants". [The following picture comes from Wikipedia web page referenced in this posting] We talked about the findings of the book and even did our own little experiments to... Continue Reading →
Back in 2012 I found an obituary in an Arkansas newspaper which contained a lithograph portrait of William L Walker. I did not know how to capture a screen print back then so I did not include that lithograph portrait on the tree that I created for him. Using the little information I had, I... Continue Reading →
One of the most lamentable and terrible accidents ever recorded in these columns, took place on Monday night, at the residence of Mr. Dennis Wolverton, in the Township of Grand Blanc (Michigan). As we are informed, Mr. Wolverton was sitting reading... Shortly after, her husband was alarmed by hearing screams... horrified to find his wife... Continue Reading →
While helping Luanne; writer of The Family Kalamazoo (A genealogical site devoted to the history of the DeKorn and Zuidweg families of Kalamazoo); to find newspaper items about the Spanish American War; I came across an interesting item in the 1898 "Wolverine Citizen" a Flint newspaper. The item titled "NUMBERED AMONG THE DEAD", Lieut. Ablino... Continue Reading →
Many people have used this painting in their political messages, but do they know the story behind it? Here in a 1926, Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming newspaper is the story. This is just a partial screen print of the article; to read the whole article click on link below. To View the Original item, Select... Continue Reading →
Where is Percy Green in 1940? Don't you just hate it when you can't find a family member on some census record when you "KNOW" the person has to be there? I found an obituary for Irene Greene and created a tree to find her real Family Tree. I was able to create a large... Continue Reading →
I found an obituary in the 1901 Dubuque Daily Telegraph , a Dubuque, Iowa newspaper and in trying to find a family tree for John Marxer, I came across a passport application. I put together two (2) screen prints to capture the obituary and put both on the family tree. I was not sure which... Continue Reading →
Keep your eyes open for new items which come to you when you least expect them. I went looking for teachers salaries in Michigan because in the blog “The Family Kalamazoo” there was an item about Edna Mulder’s Teacher Contract 1931-32. The writer asks if there is anyone out there who might have more information.... Continue Reading →
Revised August 7, 2013 Wouldn't you like to keep friends' or pets’ information in the same place as your family tree? I told you in my last blog that I would give you instructions on how to add people to a family tree without having them be connected to the tree. I will be doing... Continue Reading →
In my last Blog “James L. Laird”, I told you: “I will write-up a blog about production of screen prints and that crucial element.” Here is the write up or rather the chart which will show you the crucial element to consider when you are creating a screen print. All you have to remember is... Continue Reading →
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