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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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Ancestor Bio – Bertha Koch (1862-1927)

52 Ancestors – Week 2018-52 Darling-Huber-Trumpi-Koch By Don Taylor Bertha Koch is the mother of Bertha Barbara Trumpi[i] who was an immigrant ancestor. Bertha Barbara came to the United States first; then her mother went to the States to visit … Continue reading

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Oklahoma County (OK) Clerk Records and Bertha Mariam White Burlison Gardner

Oklahoma County (OK) Clerk Records I am amazed at what is available online today.  Documents I would have never thought to look for 10 years ago are now readily accessible online.  In my Burlison Project, I was seeking to know … Continue reading

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Elizabeth LNUs

Randy Seaver’s blog, Genea-Musings, often gets me thinking about things. His recent blog posting, “How Many Elizabeth “LNUs” are in Your Family Tree Database,” got me wondering, how many do I have? In my trees, women without known spinster surnames … Continue reading

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Social Networking & Mother-in-Law’s atDNA Results

Social Networking I was out of town last week for personal business and didn’t have a chance to do any genealogical activity while gone.  I’m back now and am putting the final touches on my Social Networking for Genealogy presentation … Continue reading

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