Every genealogist knows that pictures of our ancestors are like treasure. No amount of money could ever make us hand over the very souls of our ancestors. Pictures help our stories of our ancestors come to life. Pictures make us feel as though we actually knew our ancestors. Through pictures we can see through the descendants what physical features stand out down a line. Pictures also tell us about the times our ancestors lived in through their clothing or the background of the picture. Having p
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i am trying without sucess to find any information on my gggrandfathers family eg his parents brothers and sisters ect.my gggrandfathers name was matthew castellian or so i have been led to belive but when posting on italian ancestor sites i have since been told there is no such name in italy and that the name is probably castellano.my gggrandfather was born in naples italy 1842, before he came to live in liverpool uk, where he married and had several children, i am assuming he came here about 1
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One thing I will never forget about my childhood is the many occasions when the whole family got together at "Mamaherg's" for a holiday. Her house was way too small for everyone; nevertheless we all crowded in for a few hours of great family fun. The dining room table was always piled high with everything that would typically be raised in a large garden in rural north Alabama plus several different types of meat. The children would usually play outside either in the barn loft or perhaps ride bic
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From the Ontario Ministry of Culture press release:“We have completed negotiations for a two year license for Micromedia ProQuest’s Ancestry Library Edition. Ancestry is a genealogy research tool with data from census, military records, court, land, probate, vital and church records, passenger lists, etc. It covers Canada, the US, UK, and some European countries. The license covers Authorized Users of public libraries (i.e., library cardholders, walk-in patrons while they are on-site and library
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hi,i am intereted in searching for people who wher econnected or knew of a audrey clark,who was born in wallasey cheshire,i believe in the mount pleasant area .she was born in 1927,give or take a year on this day the 15th of july.she joined the waaf in the second world war and did training in bedford.i will find out more if interested,thank you.
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i am interested in the names and places listed at the moment.sinclair,laurenson,frazier thompson,from the shetland isles. the name clark from london and essex areas,possibly hounslow or islington.the name gray from yorkshire,leeds and bradford.the name alice clara steadman from hastings. back with mopre later,
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My research into the genealogy of myself and my husband all seems to revolve around "bricks!"I had come to refer to my paternal Grandfather as the "father of all brick walls" when I began to research my husband's family.Turns out, the McCay family was a big name in brick making in Philadelphia PA.Perhaps they made the bricks from which my Grandfather built his wall of secrecy!Charles Stanley Davis b. May 1888 "NY NY" and died young.His wife, my Grandmother never knew any more than that about him
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Thanks to many Rascon relations and authors like Miguel Angel Giner Rey and Incarnacion Brondo Whitt, I have been able to compile the family genealogy pertaining to the Rascon Family tree or Arbol de Rascon. Our originator was Jose Rascon, born on or about 1696 in Basuchil, Chihuahua, Mexico. He had at least three boys named Juan Felix, Joaquin and Jose de Jesus. I have been able to compile a good amount of data on the branches belonging to Juan Felix and Jose de Jesus but almost nothing on midd
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Greetings to my worldwide kin, near and far in time and place. It appears we are all pilgrims on the same genealogical journey.I dream of the day you will know me enough to love me. You will identify me, document my life, and share my story in its genealogical and historical context. You will celebrate our connections. We are everyday people who nevertheless have a noteworthy personal and family history. You will find a reward in the chase itself as you pursue my basic genealogical facts, and a
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This is my first ever Blog Post, gonna stick my "Big Toe In" and see how it feels, not promising any great quotes or earth shattering remedies that will "warm your heart and soul"...just a few observations now and then about this wonderful new oasis for the Genenewbies that are causing their "Old...Young and New Found Research Friends" to have fits of..."Gnashing their Teeth"..."Pulling Their Hair Out" and for those already gone on..."To Roll Over In Their Graves"...I'm fairly new at this Genest
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Looking for Hoover Dam Construction workers or pioneer families members of Boulder City, Nevada who lived or worked there during the years 1929 thru mid 1936 during the original dam construction. This is an ongoing 14 year project that is being documented historically. See www.judithsattlerirons.books.officelive.com for more info or www.bcmha@yahoo.com (reference tab) for project information.
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I am a Buckeye.No, that's not just a worthless nut (although my husband might agree on the "nut" part), but rather it's an understood term used for those who live in the state of Ohio. I was born there, raised there, my father, grandfather, and great-grandfather had all spent the majority of their lives there. And so on, and so on, etc...you get the idea.The only thing is that I no longer live there. As life usually happens, I got married, and we moved to the state of higher taxes and Billy & Hi
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No ancestor left behind! That’s it after 32 years of researching.I started my trek in genealogy in the late 1970s (my earliest correspondence files dated 1977) after receiving one of those “fill-in-your-family-tree” books for Christmas. I was like most starters just facing an empty 5-generation chart with little more data than my generation and that of my parents. Filling the blanks was the goal that motivated me at first with who and when. Over the years, my goals changed as I got deeper in som
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I get frustrated pretty easily, but is it especially whiny of me to complain about all of the different places I need to update information when I "hit the jackpot"? Whenever you find a resource that you've never seen before, obviously you're going to collect every record for every family member that you can. So after my trip to the Newberry, seeing Chicago German Lutheran Church records resulted in a LOT of records that I brought home. In fact, there was a point when I was telling my husband, "
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I'm a family reunion advocate.If you read my blog on family reunion apathy, you'll know that. My mom and I hold a reunion for her siblings and their descendants (doesn't sound like much, but there are over 100 of us feuding, fighting Gentners), and I seem to be, by far, the most enthusiastic participant.I'm always thinking of fun things to do at our reunions, or related to them. My ideas are usually met with less-than-stellar response though. I would appreciate some input from those who apprecia
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My gr-gr grandfather was Cornelius (Neil) Strahan, born in about 1797 in Bladen County, NC and died in 1866 in Magnolia, Columbia County, AR. He married Mary Ann Moore, the daughter of James Moore III (Mother's name unknown) in 1823 in New Hanover County, NC. She was born in about 1804 in New Hanover County, NC and died in September, 1866 in Magnolia Columbia County, AR. I am searching for information on both sides of this family and have been unable to discover anything about them once they lef
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My gr-gr grandfather was Cornelius (Neil) Strahan, born in about 1797 in Bladen County, NC and died in 1866 in Magnolia, Columbia County, AR. He married Mary Ann Moore, the daughter of James Moore III (Mother's name unknown). She was born in about 1804 in New Hanover County, NC and died in September, 1866 in Magnolia Columbia County, AR.I am searching for information on both sides of this family.
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