Penny got home from school
Penny got home from school at her usual time and immediately punched in the code to reset the alarm system. This year was the first time she was able to do this task… Continue reading
Inauguration speech
The president will be giving his inauguration speech and I thought it would be interesting to see what other presidents have had to say. I did a Google Search and found a web… Continue reading
Eureka Moment – Joseph Banks 1930
Have you ever had that Eureka Moment which makes you stop dead in your tracks or makes you jump out of bed in the middle of the night? Well I just had one… Continue reading
Transcript and Original Image – Joseph Banks 1917
When looking at transcripts of documents always view the original image to make sure it matches the transcript because both transcript and original will be put on to your family tree. Here is… Continue reading
LAUGHED AT LOCKS AND BARS – Woodson and Cooper 1883
In Google News Archive list they have a newspaper which they titled “The Nevada Daily Mail” Jul 10, 1883. However the actual name of the paper is “The Daily Mail” and it is… Continue reading
Time to Feed the fish
They couldn’t do things like this in the old newspapers. See Above to give the fish some food. Enjoy. You can get different pets at this web site:
Jackson, Michigan 1900
When looking for your ancestors in old census records aren’t you sometimes frustrated because nothing comes up when you do a search? Why can’t I find ”old Uncle Harry” in the 1900 census,… Continue reading
Pets on a family tree?
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… Continue reading
Helena Muffly and Friends
Wouldn’t you like to keep friends’ information in the same place as your family tree? I’ve been reading the “Helena Muffly Swartz Diary Blog” and I thought wouldn’t it be nice to have… Continue reading
Google News Archive Correction
The Google News Archive web page has some errors in their newspaper data base and I am trying to correct the errors as I find them. In my Table of States table I’ve… Continue reading
Sidetracked again – Who is Eliza E?
Back in December of 2012 I found an Obituary for a Thomas M. Jones, and in my usual process I created a tree and found different family trees for it. I then got… Continue reading
New York Ancestors
In my last blog I gave you information on how to find your Dutch ancestors so it is fitting that we move our searches over to New York state because that is where the Dutch moved to back… Continue reading
80 Year War – Dutch Genealogy
My ancestors come from Spain way back in the 1500’s so I shouldn’t be helping you with your Dutch ancestors. Let me explain. According to ”The People’s Chronology” – A Year-by-Year Record of… Continue reading
Death comes for Hiram Chalmers
I created this blog to capture stories that are not easily found by family tree owners when they do a search. I used a newspaper layout because the stories presented here are picked… Continue reading
Check All Family Tree Hints
When creating your family tree, make sure you check all the family tree hints given on everyone of the people on your tree. You might be surprised to find a family tree coming… Continue reading