Amistad Africans 1841
I had planned on doing another blog but while researching the McLeod Case for a neighbor (I live in the Detroit area, he lives across the lake in Canada) I saw a small… Continue reading
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Some Family Trees are easy to find
I was looking for some items in the newspapers on knitting for a blog (don’t ask) when I happened on this item about the son of Abraham Lincoln. It seems that in 1910… Continue reading
Found another tree: John Evan McKay 1937
As I’ve mentioned before in my blogs, I have a “NO LUCK” folder and from time to time I go into it and pick a file to work on. This time I got… Continue reading
Travel Now and in 1901
I have been reading blogs about people’s travels and thinking about the difference between what we call traveling and what our ancestors called traveling. In today’s blogs we have: The Too Mutch For… Continue reading
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Nov 25, 1854
My last blog was concerning a family who died in Demerara, British Guiana in 1854. In the same Acadian Recorder newspaper there was a list of people who also died. Screen Print of… Continue reading
Foreign Service Now and in 1854
I came across a blog from a family who will be stationed in Bolivia, South America for the next two years and it reminded me of the obituary I have in my “NO… Continue reading
If Kentucky can do it…
I was looking through my files for my collection of search engines and came across this Kentucky Genealogy Resource Room. The Minnie Winder Genealogy & Local History Room This got me to think… Continue reading
Passport Applications
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… Continue reading
Google – from Eastman’s web site
On a web site that I recently found Easlman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter there is a web page with many Google items. Go to the Eastman site: Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter Thank You.
The History of the Brown Name
Thanks to the following link I was able to find out what “WNU Service” designated. The Stripper’s Guide blog blog discusses the history of the American newspaper comic strip. Obscurity of the Day:… Continue reading
How To Work with Google News Archive
Step by step lesson on how to work with the huge Google News Archive collection.
Owosso, Michigan – The Argus Press
The Google News Archive list has some wrong newspaper dates. Take for instance the The Argus-Press published in Owosso, Michigan. The November 13, 1911 newspaper is a November 11, 1972 newspaper which is… Continue reading
Teacher Salaries to child labor
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… Continue reading
Frank C. Ives – Billiardist 1899
Frank C Ives was a young man when he died, but he was a wealthy man. I found this item: Nevada, Missouri The Nevada Daily Mail August 31, 1899 Frank C. Ives is… Continue reading
Was George Pardoned?
George S. E. Vaughan (Vaughn) has a very interesting life story linked to US history or US folklore. I found this item: Bessemer, Michigan September 9, 1899 Saturday The Bessemer Herald – Sep 9, 1899 Man… Continue reading