Before you continue I want you to know that you will be shown examples of how you should transcribe an obituary, how to label your files of items that you collect and finally how to document an information file for the tree. So this is not just a blog post about the O'Connell family, it... 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 put together two (2) screen prints to capture the obituary and put both on the family tree. I was not sure which... Continue Reading →