Category Archives: Surname Projects
William C Bradley in the Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records
Part 1 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
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
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
Ancestor Bio – Hannah M Halvorsen (1866-c. 1930)
52 Ancestors – Week 2019-04 Blanchard Project Utterstrom-Halvorsen By Don Taylor Sometimes, search as you will, some key bit of information just doesn’t seem to be out there. Such is the case of the death of Hannah (Halvorsen) Utterstrom. I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged Halvorsen, Maine, Utterstrom, Portland, Norway
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DNA Doesn’t Lie – John Montran
Brown-Montran Line By Don Taylor For a few years, I’ve hypothesized that my great-grandfather, John F. Montran and John Foster Montran were the same person. I have been unable to find a record of John F. Montran and my great-grandmother, … Continue reading