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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.

14 March 2013

Creating Confusion by Repeating Names

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I have been typing up a 1942 affidavit for an issue of Casefile Clues and now I'm seeing one of the reasons the statement was needed to...

Half of Webinar Sales Donated To Cyndislist

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I've known Cyndi Howells of Cyndislist fame for over fifteen years--back when she was one page. She's recently had a variety of expe...

New On FamilySearch

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Additions to FamilySearch since our last update: New York, Orange County Probate Records, 1787-1938 Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967 Geor...
13 March 2013

A Customer in the Rothweiler Saloon

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One does not expect to obtain evidence of saloon patronizing in Civil War pension applications, but the seasoned researcher knows that there...

Spreading the Facts

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Affidavits in land records can provide all sorts of family details, particularly because the statements are often free form. This is the e...
12 March 2013

An Update of Sorts of Anna Apgar Verikios Lake in 1920

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Here's the update I had promised on the search for Anna Apgar Verikios in the 1920 census . Unfortunately, I really only have suggestion...
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New Updates or Additions to FamilySearch

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New additions to FamilySearch since our last update: Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008 Ohio, Trumbull County Court Records, 1795-20...
11 March 2013

Vanderlinden Was A Chicago Cop with Good Aim

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GoogleBooks continues to amaze me with the gems I discover.  A 1912 report of the Chicago General Superintendent of Police for the yea...

An 1886 Hyde Park Fireman--Hook and Ladder Company Driver

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Early twentieth-century records indicated that Frank Vanderlinden was a Chicago policeman. Apparently in the 1880s he worked for the Hyde P...

Muzzle Your Dog--Or Else

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They did not mess around with un-muzzled dogs in Hyde Park, Illinois in 1886. Date:  Saturday, May 1, 1886   Paper:  Hyde Park Heral...
10 March 2013

Anna Apgar Verikios Lake Turns 100-Where Was She When She Was 7?

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This is the "Application for Social Security and Tax Account Number" for Anna Margaret Lake, my wife's grandmother who would h...
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A German Marriage Certificate Raises Questions

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We've discussed the family of George and Wilhelmina Rothweiler on this blog before. These German natives were living in St. Louis, Misso...
08 March 2013

New On FamilySearch

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New or updated on FamilySearch since our last update: United States Social Security Death Index North Carolina, Civil Action Court Paper...
07 March 2013

My Irish Origins

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By ancestry, I am one-eighth Irish. It is the part of my ancestry about which I know the least. Maybe this blog post will "catch" ...
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New or Updated on FamilySearch

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These items are showing as new or updated on FamilySearch today: Illinois, Northern District (Eastern Division), Naturalization ...
06 March 2013

Why We Look at Everything

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I just wish my ancestors wrote wills like this one. Will of Anna Dora Fairchild, written in 1910, Hancock County Clerk, Will Book J, p...

New On FamilySearch 6 March 2013

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New updates to FamilySearch since our last posting: Delaware, Death Records, 1855-1961 Maine, Veterans Cemetery Re...
05 March 2013

Illinois School for the Deaf Attendees in 1889

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Published reports can provide a variety of information on people one might not expect. This report was published in 1889 and contained a ...
04 March 2013

Alfred Butler's Payment Card--Even Though He Is Dead

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There's yet another pension index card for Alfred Butler--the payment card. These cards were created for pensions that were paid between...

On Errors in the Ancestry.com Trees and Those Who Will Not "Correct"

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I posted this to the Association of Professional Genealogists email list today, but thought it would be good to post here as well. My opini...

Black Lung Pension?

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Sometimes people remember things because something triggers their memory. I was briefly discussing a Civil War pension case with my wife ...
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New On FamilySearch

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Indicated on FamilySearch as new since our last update: New York, Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924 ...

Confusion About FamilySearch Data Update Dates

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Regular readers know that links to updated databases on FamilySearch are posted here regularly. I am confused. I usually copy and paste ...
03 March 2013

Genealogy Pastry

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I'm not sure if cooking is appropriate genealogical metaphor, but here goes: "You'll just have to hope that those who want a...

A Few More Sunday Additions to FamilySearch

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A few more updated items on FamilySearch since our last update--I never dreamed they'd update things during the day on Sunday. Illino...
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