Category Archives: Surname Projects
Ancestor Bio – Oscar Hopfe
Hopfe Project By Don Taylor One of my favorite documents to find is a Naturalization Record. I was recently researching Oscar Hopfe. Oscar was born in Germany on 12 April 1896 and came to the United States, arriving on 2 … Continue reading
Posted in Hopfe-Bauer Project
Tagged Blankenburg, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Thüringen, Bronx, New York, Brooklyn, Germany
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Ancestry DNA – DNA Story
One of the kits I manage, I’ll call “JS,” has received his Ethnicity Estimate and he now knows he is 88% descended from England, Wales, and Northwestern Europe, 10% from Ireland and Scotland, and two percent from Germanic Europe. Pretty … Continue reading
Ancestor Sketch – Ruby Foster Wilmoth (1912-1966)
Rittenberry Project Rittenberry-Shoemake-Wilmoth By Don Taylor Names fascinate me. When I was a child, I had a pastor whose name was Joyce. Since then, I’ve encountered other men with names that were unusual for men to have, such as Nancy … Continue reading
Posted in Rittenberry Project
Tagged Putnam, Cookevile, Poplar Springs, Tennessee, Overton
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Ancestor Sketch – William Cameron Bradley
Bradley-Hingston Project Bradley Line By Don Taylor It is often difficult to keep track of individuals with the same name. In the case of William Cameron Bradley, there were two William C. Bradley’s that lived in Philadelphia at the same … Continue reading
William C Bradley in the Pennsylvania, Wills & Probate Records
Part 2 of 2 – Cover Page & Will Papers Amanuensis Monday[i] Project Bradley-Hingston Transcription by Don Taylor Intro/source Probate Record for William C. Bradley – Probate Date 16 Aug 1901, Philadelphia, PA, Case number 1405 – 10 images. Original … Continue reading