Monthly Archives: March 2019

Interview with Melissa A. Johnson, CG®

As an “official blogger” at the New England Regional Genealogical Conference (NERGC 2019), I had the opportunity to interview one of the conference speakers.  I plan to attend two of Melissa Johnson’s lectures, and thought it would be nice to … Continue reading

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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

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Halverson’s Arrive in the States

Blanchard Project Blanchard-Utterstrom-Halvorsen I love Henry Louis Gates’ television show, “Finding Your Roots.” In the show, he takes a famous person and leads the person on a genealogical journey through a “Book of Life,” where he shares that key, or important, … Continue reading

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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

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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

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