Category Archives: Surname Projects

Albert Bodge & the 1840 Census

Census Sunday Blanchard Project Blanchard-Bodge By Don Taylor One of my first process activities in reviewing an ancestor’s life is to follow the individual through all of the available census records. Often this can be difficult, but in the case … Continue reading

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Ethel Wight Collection – Part 24

Brown, Bruns, Buckley, Bucklin, & Utterstrom Photo Friday Ethel Wight Collection By Don Taylor This week, for Photo Friday, I identify the people in five more envelopes from the Ethel Wight Studio Collection[i]. The envelopes contain the names who paid … Continue reading

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Ancestor Sketch – William S. Taylor

Bradley-Hingston Project Bradley-Taylor By Don Taylor William S. Taylor lived his youth in the historic place where Washington crossed the Delaware. He made a short foray out west, where he married, then returned to Philadelphia with his new bride. After … Continue reading

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Ancestor Sketch – Rella May Sauve

Halcro/Sauve By Don Taylor Overview Rella May Sauve was born on September 28, 1892, in Tilbury, Ontario, Canada, a child of Richard Sauve and Annie Brenneau. She had thirteen (nine known) siblings: Susan, Bertha, William, Joseph Dennis, Mary, Niana, Richard, … Continue reading

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William Taylor & the 1910 Census

Census Sunday Bradley-Taylor By Don Taylor In my Bradley-Hingston Project, I’ve been researching William S. Taylor (1856-1928). For my genealogical “first pass” research for an ancestor, I attempt to find vital records, birth, death, and marriages. I also try to … Continue reading

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