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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.

01 May 2013

Is It Ancient History and Does it Matter?

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There are times when I wonder if everything I locate in my research is something I should necessarily blog or write about. Sometimes even wh...
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UK, City and County Directories, 1766 - 1946 and a CletHes Dealer

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Users will need to determine the specific coverage for their own United Kingdom locations and time periods of interest, but Ancestry.com  ha...
30 April 2013

Theodore Trautvetter Returns in 1890

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Not all relatives who disappear are located. Some simply vanish into thin air never to be heard from again. It was easier to disappear in 1...

South Dakota 1905 State Census

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 These three cards are from the  South Dakota, State Census, 1905, which is available on FamilySearch.org . The cards appear to have been...
29 April 2013

ELCA Records At Archives.Com--Did You Let Them Know?

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Apparently Archives.com has been hearing complaints about the inability to browse the ELCA records. Good. If you have been frustrated with c...

How Johann's Certificate Got from Tioga to Rio

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Admittedly, we need a better picture. But this post is not really about the picture anyway. This is a photograph my daughter took of the...

New On FamilySearch

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New or updated on FamilySearch as of today: Arkansas, First Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945 California, San F...
27 April 2013

Bears From Grandma's Spread

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This is something a little different from our usual fare on Rootdig . On the Facebook page for Genealogy Tip of the Day there was a dis...

Is It What You Think It Is?

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This image that appears below purports to be part of an affidavit signed by Focke J. Goldenstein and was included as an  illustration in ...
26 April 2013

First 124 Issues of Casefile Clues

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There is a listing here of the topics for the first 124 issues of Casefile Clues . We are working on an updated list.

Was He Focke or Fokke?

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What name to "use" for an immigrant ancestor is often a dilemma for the genealogist. It can be made worse when the ancestor is a ...

A Cancelled Timber Claim from Nebraska

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Records of cancelled federal land claims are an underutilized resource. Because the claims were not completed, patents were not issued and t...

Was Cornelia Albers Under-aged When Her Father Naturalized?

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Cornelia M. Albers was young woman when she made out this homestead entry in Nebraska in 1883. She also indicated that she was over the ag...

A Nice Trip to Princeton

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I enjoyed giving the evening presentation on "Tightwad Ancestors" for the Bureau County Genealogical Society in Princeton, Illino...
25 April 2013

New or Updated On FamilySearch

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These are showing as new or updated on FamilySearch since our last update: Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 Missouri, ...
24 April 2013

Charting Peter Bieger in 1850

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Charts are very popular genealogical research tools. With that in mind, I'm posting an image that was used in Casefile Clues a while ...

Swedish Church Records at Ancestry.com Are Not Full-Name Indexed

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Ancestry.com includes quite a few Swedish church records as a part of their international collection . Users should be aware that (as of thi...
23 April 2013

Speaking in Princeton, IL on 25 April

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I will be making the evening presentation at the Bureau County (Illinois) Genealogical monthly meeting on Thursday, 25 April 2013. The topic...
22 April 2013

A 1917 Baptism

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Chances are the actual baptismal certificate for my grandfather is long gone and I'll never see it. It likely was destroyed in a 1923 ho...
21 April 2013

New-Updated on FamilySearch-North Carolina Estate Files

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This collection is marking as new or updated as of today 21 April 2013: North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979

The Goldenstein Trunk

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I've written about this trunk before and have actually had it for over ten years. It's not a new acquisition, but I decided to r...
20 April 2013

Organizing the Scotts

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Work continues on the family of John and Rose Anna (Neill) Scott of the Drumachose Parish in County Derry, Ireland. A search of various da...

New On FamilySearch

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New or updated on FamilySearch since our last post: South Dakota, County Naturalization Records, 1865-1972
19 April 2013

A Sister for Samuel and Joseph Neill?

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I have been stuck on my Neills for years. A thirty-second lookup a few days ago lead to the likely discovery of one sister of my Irish immig...

Have Full Text Searches of Books Been Turned Off at FamilySearch?

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A few years ago, I wrote about a discovery of a book I made on the Family History Archive (fornerly  http://sites.lib.byu.edu/fhc//index.php...
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