1860 news in Boston newspaper
Interesting news from 1860 – Little girl in Iowa is swept up into a cherry tree by a gust of wind. – Cock fight by Sec of War and VP of USA. … Continue reading
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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
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
Who Murdered Irene? – Irene VanBrocklin Story
When you are building your family tree and find an item in a newspaper, look around for other items about the same person. That is what I wrote in my last blog but… Continue reading