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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 August 2009

The Drouin Collection at Ancestry.com

I don't normally post "news" here, but I haven't seen this too much on other sites. Interesting news about the Drouin Coll...

Casefile Clues "Fan Page" on Facebook

Casefile Clues continues to pick up fans on Facebook. The link, which hopefully works is http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Rio-IL/Cas...

28 August 2009

SSDI Meme followup

Blaine Bettinger had a followup( http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/note.php?note_id=136361127376&ref=nf ) to my How Many Ancestors do y...

Finding a Chicago Christening...

I'm working on the "Casefile Clues" column to be sent out on Sunday. It discusses the process I used to find the christening o...

27 August 2009

My in-laws in the SSDI

My wife only had six ancestors in the SSDI : 1) Wilbur Johnson (1912-1991)--death place listed as "HC" 2) Grace Johnson (nee Morti...

Have You Searched for All Your Ancestors in the SSDI?

I did a little searching and reminded myself that I have seven ancestors listed in the Social Security Death Index: 1) Cecil Neill (1903-196...

In the SSDI when I least expected it

I was just playing around today and found my great-grandma Neill in the Social Security Death Index. She died in 1965 and I never really tho...

26 August 2009

Casefile Clues now has "fan page" on Facebook

I have added a fan page on Facebook www.facebook.com for my column "Casefile Clues. The link may be: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#...

25 August 2009

Old How-to Columns

Posted links to 40 old articles on Casefile Clues here http://www.casefileclues.com/2009/08/sample-of-old-articles.html I'm probably nev...

24 August 2009

Inconsistent Secondary Sources

The latest issue of Casefile Clues went out today (a little late). It discusses a 20th century problem in the Chicago area where the seconda...

22 August 2009

Bureau of Land Managment Casefiles

One of the lectures I wish I had been able to attend at the BYU conference last month was on Bureau of Land Management records. Unfortunatel...

16 August 2009

Casefile Clues Subscribers

I've had a few emails to Casefile Clues subscribers for the 16 August 2009 issue get bounced back with the latest edition of the newslet...

13 August 2009

Genline Workshop 28-29 August 2009-Galesburg, Illinois

Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg, Illinois, is sponsoring a two-day seminar on Using Genline for Swedish Genealogical Research at the coll...

10 August 2009

Tweets from BYU Conference

It's been a little over a week since the BYU Family History Conference where I made several presentations. Mark Tucker over at ThinkGene...

07 August 2009

Louis and Ida (Trautvetter) Henerhoff children

This is but part of one page from the guardianship of the children of Louis and Ida Etta (Trautvetter) Henerhoff who died during the 1918 fl...

A better scan from Haltwhistle marriages 1819

This scan comes from marriages in the Northumberland parish of Haltwhistle in 1819. I must have had the settings better on this one as the i...

Images from the new scanner at the Family History Library

This is a scan of a microfilmed image of a marriage from Haltwhistle in Northumberland, England, that I made last week at the Family History...

05 August 2009

1930 Census Mary Trautvetter and her neice

I've been doing a little playing with Footnote.com this month while they are offering free access to their 1930 census . This entry is ...

04 August 2009

1930 Census Free for August 2009

For the month of August, Footnote.com is offering free access to their 1930 census . No credit card, just name and an email. Happy August!

02 August 2009

First Casefile Clues Subscription Column Posted

My first Casefile Clues column was just emailed to subscribers. The analysis of an 1877 probate file also discusses some concerns with using...

Using the New Microfilm Scanners at the Family History Library

My time at the Family History Library the other day was short and I was initially frustrated to find new microfilm scanners when I went to m...

31 July 2009

Twittering in My Lecture

Mark Tucker was in the 5:00 lecture I gave at the BYU conference yesterday and he was twittering while there, which I thought was really nea...

28 July 2009

Thanks and a few answers about Casefile Clues

Thanks to those who have sent encouragement for my moved genealogy how-to column " Casefile Clues ." I'm still in the throes o...

First New Casefile Clues Column

My first "new" Casefile Clues column will run this weekend. I'm hoping to gather some new material in Salt Lake this weekend f...

27 July 2009

Subscribing to My Column "Casefile Clues"

For over ten years, I have written regular columns about my research experience, first for Ancestry and most recently for Dick Eastman. Star...

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