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Category Archives: Family Lines
Donna Forms an Act in April 1918 — Or Not?
My understanding of the early career of Donna Montran is filled with holes. We know that she married Thomas Rooney on November 23, 1915. I have only found one event in her life during 1916 and one in 1917. Both of … Continue reading
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day
My Irish Ancestry Brown/Sanford/Parsons/Maben Roberts/Scott I grew up being told I was English, Irish, and French. And modern DNA testing results have confirmed that. Ancestry indicates that I am 18 percent Irish and the rest “Great Britain” which included England, … Continue reading
Posted in Brown-Montran, Roberts-Barnes
Tagged Parsons, Irish, Northern Ireland, Antrim, Maben, Sanford, Scott
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Death Date found in a City Directory
Blanchard Project Blanchard/Utterström Sometimes the information you are looking for just doesn’t exist. I had been looking for a death record for Oscar William Utterström and had looked everywhere. Pretty much every death record source and death index source I … Continue reading
Cleanup Week – Mary Elizabeth (Mannin/Manning) Brown
This week was a clean-up week. I updated and corrected the sources I had supporting facts in the life of Mary Elizabeth (Manning) Brown (1878-1983). “Grandma Brown” was the oldest ancestor that I recall ever meeting. She was born 72 … Continue reading
1900 Census – Searching for misspelled Salefske’s
Census Sunday Roberts-Dion-Spry-Salefske Project By Don Taylor My half-brother’s (Tom) maternal line has been difficult to trace, mostly due to unusual names. His great-grandmother’s name is probably Ottilie Salefske. But in various records, I’ve seen her named Ottlie, Tillie, Lillie, … Continue reading