Tag Archives: Montran

Sarah H Blackhurst Barber (1848-unk) – My Most Recent Immigrant Ancestor

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Don Taylor

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Montran/Barber/Blackhurst Sarah B Blackhurst is my most recent immigrant ancestor. Sarah was born in England, most likely in Sheffield, Yorkshire, about 1848 (I think Dec 1847). I use the 1900 Census for the basis of birthdates … Continue reading →

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Road Trip & [Clifford] Dick Brown in Corozal, Canal Zone, Panama.

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Don Taylor

I have never been on a genealogical research trip.  Certainly, I’ve had a desire to go to the Family History Center in Salt Lake City, the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and the National Archives in Washington … Continue reading →

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100 Years Ago – Ida Mae Barber Knight – (1873-1953)

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Don Taylor

23 December 1914 – Ida Mae Barber Knight Ida Mae Barber Knight One hundred years ago Ida Mae Barber (Montran) (Fisher) (Holdsworth) Knight was living with her husband, Harvey Watson Knight, in their new home on Lawndale Avenue in Detroit, … Continue reading →

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Babcock Theatre, Billings, MT – May 17-18, 1924 – Donna Darling & Company

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Don Taylor

I’m still looking to find more about Donna’s time in the Spring of 1924. I know she was in Bridgeport, CT in early February but have nothing on her whereabouts until she appears in Billings, Montana, at the Babcock Theater … Continue reading →

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My DNA Projects – 1 October 2014

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Don Taylor

Where I am at with my various DNA Projects, October 1st, 2014. Ancestry.Com I was mightily disappointed when Ancestry quit support for their Y-DNA testing. I was surprised to see that my results and other information was still on Ancestry, … Continue reading →

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