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Michael John Neill's genealogy website. Things that cross my path, general research suggestions, and whatever else ...with a little bit of attitude. I don't post "news" just to post it, never post a press release (edited or otherwise), don't feign excitement, and pretty much say what I think.

30 April 2007

What name do you use?

I've used my complete name ever since I started writing and lecturing about genealogy. However, the funny thing is that many times I get...

Which DAR line to work on?

I've been thinking about the two lines of descent my wife has from Revolutionary era ancestors. And after some thought, I've decided...

Is there a cat in the hat nearby?

The 1910 census entry shows a young Theodor Geisel living with his parents in Massachusetts. I'm not certain whether or not they were e...

Is there a brewery nearby?

The occupation column for this census page contains several well-known individuals, all employed in the Brewery business. In fact, many of t...

St. Charles Genealogy Society Makes St. Louis Post Dispatch

There is a nice article in today's St. Louis Post Dispatch about the St. Charles County [Missouri] Genealogical Society. I've presen...

29 April 2007

Are you just overwhelmed?

Sometimes one can only handle so much genealogical information or stories to work on. Readers of the blog might remember that I'm trying...

28 April 2007

More on Analyzing Pre-1850 Census Entries

I had nearly forgotten that several years ago we posted an extensive series of articles on searching per-1850 census records for Thomas Chan...

Land Patents of Aquilla Jones

I am still thinking that the connection between Aquilla Jones (of Davidson County, TN and later Howard County, MO) needs something more conc...

Searching pre and post 1850 census records

One hurdle faced by family historians is working in pre-1850 census records. Although only the heads of household are listed, these records ...

27 April 2007

Need a death date for a Civil War Veteran?

Need a date of death for a Civil War veteran, but have no idea where to look? The Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served...

Case Files of the Bureau of Investigation

I located a first cousin of my ancestor in the Case Files of the Bureau of Investigation from 1908-1922 at Footnote.com . John Fecht of Varn...

Footnote Users Meeting at NGS-Richmond

Footnote.com will be hosting a meeting of Footnote.com users at the National Genealogical Society Conference in Richmond, Virginia on Satur...

26 April 2007

Working on Benjamin Jones

A search of the Family History Library Card Catalog indicates they have several items for Stokes County, Northa Carolina that may be helpful...

Delayed births are not always with the delayed births

For reasons that are not entirely apparent, Lillian Apgar's birth certificate was recorded on 3 March 1931, one day after her twenty-fir...

A German Takes the Census

Would you have thought that entry 70/71 was supposed to be Riley Rampley? Sure enough it is. The first time I searched for Riley years ago, ...

25 April 2007

A good way to prepare for any research trip

A good way to prepare for any research trip is to write up the information you already have, as if you were going to submit it for publicati...

Take with a grain of salt

I'm going to have to take the material that comes in the Amy Jones Doyle book with a grain of salt (as one should information from any p...

Connection to Aquilla Jones

This is a quick sketch of the connection to Aquilla Jones. 1) Aquilla Jones, died 1843 Howard County, Missouri. 2) Wesley Jones, born likely...

Working on Benjamin Jones

A google search turned up an abstract from the Revolutionary War Pension file of Benjamin Jones . There was speculation in this file that Be...

24 April 2007

Getting Ready for Salt Lake City Family History Library

I'll have a small amount of time to work on my own families while leading our second annual research trip to Salt Lake City's Family...

Using Gmail for my mailing lists

I've used gmail for sometime and really like it for subscribing to the genealogy mailing lists that I am on. The messages stay threaded...

World Vital Records and Everton's Handy Book

Everton Publishers (via their World Vital Records site) is offering an electronic copy of their Handy Book free with a two-year subscriptio...

How to appear in Photos

Yahoo has this article on how to look thinner in photographs , which is all fine and good, I guess. However there are those who are suggesti...

1930 Census-President Bush

Future president George W. Bush is only enumerated in 1930 with the "W" he's the Walker shown here in part of the 1930 census...

1930 Census Bob Barker

Bob Barker's getting ready to retire from the "Price is Right" television game show. Well...after all, he was six years old in...

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