1953 – City Directory – Pictures
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… Continue reading
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The art of engraving 1920’s
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… Continue reading
1916 City Directories – More than just names
When you find a relative in a City Directory don’t just take the one entry, look through the whole City Directory and find other entries for the family and maybe find information about… Continue reading
Steal Away to Jesus
Little items, in old papers Will often, lead the way To new, discoveries Hidden, treasures That are, on the web. It’s funny how a small item in a newspaper can lead you to… Continue reading
Michigan – Newspapers
Find Michigan Newspapers by Town name, County name or Newspaper name. These Old newspapers are on the FREE – Google News Archive Collection. Learn How To navigate the newspaper; Decade, Year, Month or… Continue reading
Pierce, Corey and Donally
The title is not a law firm. Those are the names that are on a transcript page of an 1870 U.S. census record. Sub-title: How can I add a person to the tree… Continue reading
Break the Pope’s Neck
I was working on an 1895 Boston newspaper (Boston Evening Transcript) where there was an ongoing column used for public questions and answers; “The Message Board of the 1890’s”. There is a very… Continue reading
Scroll for more info
Many record collections are available but do you really know how to use them? One of those collections is the Associated Press (AP) Name Card Index which has lots of good information but… Continue reading
Spirits in Rhode Island
Sometimes when I am looking for the dead I find spirits. I will let you decide which item to read. Thank You. Jose from Clarkston, Michigan Link to… Continue reading
The Mitchell and Patzke families
Family trees show “the Good, the Bad and the Ugly” of a family’s history. Some families have more than their share of the “Bad and Ugly” and can seem to be reliving the… Continue reading
Spooky – SAR
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… Continue reading
Records, Forms and Applications
Where can I find information about a family member if I don’t have any family records available? Family records such as birth, baptism, marriage and death are very important records to have but… Continue reading
Link to another page
Have you ever wanted to link a posting to another one of your posts? I wrote about Emma Wickersham and then did a follow up posting on her. I made reference to the… Continue reading
Wreck of the Scotsman – September 1899
Have you ever seen a story in an old newspaper and wondered “Why don’t I know about this?” The New York newspaper story about the 1959 Yellowstone earthquake, which I’ve posted in my… Continue reading