Last weekend I spent some time trying to locate the marriage record of my husband's great-uncle John. John was the oldest child in his family, and my husband's Grandma Lois was the youngest. "Johnnie" joined the navy and moved away from home shortl ...
I love the way the 1910 Census provides a summary of the life of one of my role models, my 3x great-grandmother, Paulina Eliza Phelps Lyman. This is the last census she appears in prior to her death in 1912. Location: Parowan, Iron ...
I am beginning to work on my four generation project for accreditation. Now that I have completed the Research Like a Pro study group I feel ready to tackle this huge endeavor. I will be tracing the paternal line of Alfred W. Beck, who was born in ...
"The War of Independence is forever ingrained within our American identity, and provides all Americans a sense of who we are, or, at the very least, who we should be. Our forefathers fought for liberty, freedom, and republican ideals the likes of whi ...
As I was creating my Pennsylvania locality guide in preparation for accreditation, I learned that in 1870 the federal census was enumerated twice in both Philadelphia and New York City. Wikipedia gives the following reason: Although Franci ...
I have officially begun working on the accreditation process! My goal is to become accredited in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States by the end of 2020. If you are unfamiliar with this process, one of the requirements of Level 1 is to ...
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