Here are recent Casefile Clues article topics (this page will be updated as time allows):
- 37--Pullman Car Company Employment Records. Discusses several employment records from the Pullman Car Company in Chicago. Discusses William Apgar, Thomas Frame, Louis DeMar.
- 36--Where are they in 1840? Analyzes an individual who is "missing" from an 1840 census. Includes a discussion of how he was "found" and how land records actually solved the problem. Discusses Abraham Wickiser.
- 35--A 1910 Birth. Analyzes primary and secondary sources for a date and place of birth in 1910 and how differences might not be all that different. Discusses Ida Trautvetter.
- 34--Ready to Go? Discusses some things to contemplate regarding your genealogy material before you die.
- 33--Where there is a Will there is Confusion. Analyzes an early 19th century will from Maryland and what the different bequests likely mean and what potentially brought them about. Also discusses different ways some things can be interpreted. Discusses John DeMoss.
- 32--When There is No Probate. Some things to think about when there is no probate file.
- 31--Analyzing the Mortgage. Discusses an 1870 era mortgage in Illinois. Discusses John Ufkes and Rolf Habben.
- 30--Behind the Scenes Chaos. Discusses the importance of thinking about what "caused" a record to be recorded.
- 29--Un-American Activity. Discusses an invesigation by the fore-runner of the FBI into a German-American family in World War I. Discusses the Fecht family.
- 28--Do You Ear What I Ear? Discusses things to remember about how things are heard.
- 27--Analyzing Andrew Trask. Discusses work on an Mass. native (born ca. 1814) who lived in St. Louis, southern-Illinois, and western Illinois where he died in the 1880s. Focuses on analyzing and working on later records to discern patterns, etc. Discusses Andrew Trask.
- 26--Using Google Books.
- 25--Finding Valentine. Steps in locating a man whose only real mention is in an 1870 era estate settlement. Discusses how I organized my search for him.
- 24--The Brick Wall is in Your Head. Talks about ways you may have made your own genealogical brick wall.
- 23--You Ask and I Wonder. Things that pop in my head when a person asks a certain genealogical question.
- 22--Crossing the Pond.
- 21--One Clipping Leads to More.
- 20--Organizing 1870 Census Search
- 19--Public Sale
- 18--Analyzing the Biography
- 17--Working with the Professional. Getting started with the professional genealogist who is performing Chicago area work for me.
- 16--A Lot from Barbara's Lot. Clues from a series of records on a small lot in a town in rural Illinois betwen 1856 and 1905.
- 15--Finding Gesche's Girls. Tracking down an "evaporating" German native who "condensed" somewhere in the United States.
- 14--Jumpstarting Your Research. Just some ideas to get you started.
- 13--Brick Walls and the Census Taker
- 12--The Heirs Complete the Homestead
- 11--Is the Wrong Name Correct?
- 10--Connecting the Iras. Working to determine if two men of the same name are the same man.
- 09--Pre-1850 Census Analysis. Analzing pre-1850 census records for a family to determine the household structure. Discusses Thomas and Sarah Sledd.
- 08--Platting Out Thomas Sledd's Heirs. Platting out the estate division of the Thomas Sledd estate in Kentucky in the 1830s. Discusses Thomas Sledd family.
- 07--Looking for Ira's Lucretia. Working on my "brick wall" Ira through his sister Lucretia. mid-to-late nineteenth century work.
- 06--The Civil War Pension file of Riley Rampley. An overview of a Union Civil War pension record.
- 05--Finding a Chicago Christening. How a 1913 era Chicago christening record was found. Discusses Anna Apgar.
- 04--Multiple Parents
- 03--Preemption Claim. The Missouri pre-emption land claim of John Lake. Discusses John Lake.
- 02--Passport Records. Discusses an early twentieth century passport application. Discusses Robert Frame.
- 01--Lessons from an Estate Record. Analyzes an 1870 era Illinois set of estate records.
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