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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.

31 July 2013

Why Were They All Dressed Up? And Who Took the Picture?

Charles and Fannie (Rampley) Neill family--probably taken West Point, Hancock County, Illinois. Identification is from left to right. Fro...

30 July 2013

Updated at FamilySearch-California Great Registers & 1910 Census

These two databases are showing as updated since our last "update" at FamilySearch: (I do not know what has been updated about t...

29 July 2013

1915 Victory School Picture, District Boundaries, Ancestry.com Problems, and Do You Know Any of These People?

School pictures. Kids hate them--genealogists love them. The picture below was taken in 1915 near the Victory Schoolhouse in rural Stillwe...

My Favorite New Picture-My Knowledge of Locations-And Travelling Photographers

Of all the pictures I scanned of various members of the Hancock County, Illinois, Neill and Rampley families over the past few days, this on...

27 July 2013

A Few Flip Pal Suggestions

After my first onsite Flip-Pal scanning experience, here are a few suggestions: Have plenty of batteries . Have twice what you think y...

A World War Two Draft Registration and Classification Record

Note: these records are at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri. These images are (c) 2013 Michael John Neill I...

26 July 2013

A Nice Stitching Job on the Ufkes Brothers Picture

This image has been optimized for web display, but the original scan was done at 600 dots per inch. It was on my Flip-Pal by creating...

Bill Seeks to Kill Public Access to Social Security Death Index by 1 January 2019

[opinion alert--you have been warned] It is called a bill to "protect grieving families." That's all hype--it makes good hea...

25 July 2013

My First Flip-Pal Stitching Attempt

Note : All images on this blog post are (c) 2013 by Michael John Neill--using them on your own site without permission is 1) theft; 2) disho...

My Partially Identified Picture from West Point, Illinois

[updated on 27 July 2013 with names--see bottom of post] Neill Sibling Portrait--taken before 1948. Charles T. Neill on far left. Sara...

24 July 2013

Updated on FamilySearch-North Carolina Estate Files

Showing as updated since our last update: North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979

Picture Provenance: Yeah, I Know All Those People Who Died Before I Was Born

An earlier blog post included a scan that I made of a photograph th at was taken of a photo of my great-grandparents and their children in ...

23 July 2013

My First Flip-Pal Use: Scanning a Picture of a Portrait

My Flip-Pal has arrived and I must say that I do like it. My experimentation so far has been limited to scanning photographs smaller than...

Totally New on FamilySearch "Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files'

Added to FamilySearch since our update earlier today: United States, National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files, 1954-1...

FamilySearch Update: NC and IA Marriages

The following are showing as updated on FamilySearch since our last post: North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 Iowa, County Marri...

Another Residence for Michael Trautvetter-Don't Assume Those Unusually Named People Are Always Yours

Just because a name is unusual does not mean a "match" is your person. It is usually advised to have evidence connecting the ...

22 July 2013

Police Pups For Sale-Mother A Good Driver-Owner My Great-Grandfather

Discovers of all sorts await on Google Books, including this item from the May 1928 issue of the Hancock County [Illinois] Farm Bureau Bulle...

It's the Analysis that Matters-Direct or Otherwise

Sometimes it's easy to get a little too bogged down in definitions and lose sight of the real problem that caused us to get caught up i...

20 July 2013

Assuming and "He Who Shall Not Be Named"

One of the things I try very hard to do in Casefile Clues when analyzing one document is to "bring in" facts that are not stated ...

18 July 2013

Ancestry--St. Albans Township is in Hancock County, IL not Iroquois County

I have mentioned the errors in the collection before at Ancestry . com , but apparently my concerns have fallen on deaf ears. "Us, I...

I'm Raising Capons this Summer

There is a lovely letter from Veta B. Markley in her American Red Cross File from 1942 which I originally mentioned yesterday . There are ...

17 July 2013

The SPT Test At Ancestry.com

[if you're not an Ancestry . com fan, just ignore this post] It must really be a "test" at Ancestry . com today. The...

Mother Always Said It Was Hot Enough for the Tastee Freeze

I've heard the story from my mother a million times: "It was really hot the day before you were born. Your Dad and I went to the ...

That Fine Print On The Edge

This is the very top of a deed recorded in Hancock County, Illinois, in 1950. At the very top of the deed in the fine print, one can see ...

Veta Markley's File in the American Red Cross Nurse Files at Ancestry.com

Ancestry . com recently released a new database "U.S., American Red Cross Nurse Files, 1916-1959" The database contains colo...

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