13 May 2015

No Leaves for Benjamin Butler

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While generally speaking I am not a fan of the "leaves" at Ancestry.com , there are times when I do check to see if there are su...

Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due

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A recent post on Germanic script  ("Those Were Not Diacritics--They Were Wiggles") included an image from Ernest Thode's Germa...

FamilySearch: New Canadian Materials

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The following Canadian databases are showing as new or updated on FamilySearch  since our last Canadian update: Newfoundland, ...
12 May 2015

Free Download of Brick Walls From A to Z--the Final One

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Until 11:59 PM 15 May, I'm giving away my "Final" Brick Wall from A to Z webinar for free--just hit "check out with PayPa...

FamilySearch Update: US Passport Applications

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The following database is showing as "updated" on FamilySearch  since our last update: United States Passport Applications, 1795...

Those Were Not Diacritics--They Were Wiggles

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Sometimes a wiggle is just a wiggle. Entry 101 in the image accompanying this post was discussed in an earlier blog post, ( "When Is ...

Blog Update and Genealogy Event Email

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Periodically I send out updates on old blog posts, upcoming genealogical events, and a summary of what's been going on with my other blo...

A. Trautvetter in the Oregon Vehicle Registrations 1911-1946

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Ancestry.com recently released a database of Oregon vehicle registrations from 1911-1946 on their website. The database is indexed and lin...
11 May 2015

Seeing if Mom's Recent Obituary is in GenealogyBank

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I don't know how quickly GenealogyBank updates their database of current obituaries on their site. It must be fairly regularly. A s...

The Neighbors Are Not Always On the Next Page

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In June of 1892, Christ Troutfetter received a patent for 160 acres in Thomas County, Kansas. In an attempt to ferret out neighbors w...

Am I Down On the ELCA Records?

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I've never been a fan of "reviews" that were nothing more than cursory glances at the material or were merely rephrasings of p...
10 May 2015

When Is It a Diacritic and When Is It Shorthand?

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It never dawned on me to think of it as a tilde. That's probably because I knew what it meant and seeing no wiggle in the mark above th...

Do You Make Certain the Digital Images are Complete? Christ Lutheran Church in Gothenburg at Ancestry.com

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[all discussion is current as of 9 May 2015] I easily found the 1882 christening for Tjode Anna Goldenstein in Gothenburg, Nebraska...

Ken and Martha: A Lesson in Data Preservation

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[I originally wrote this nearly fifteen years ago. Consequently some of it is a little dated...however, there is some food for thought here...
09 May 2015

An 1884 Witness: What It Means and What It Does Not

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On the list of things I wished they had indexed in the " Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940 " at Ancestry....

A Card From 1967 Brings Connections in 2015

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I've written about my relatives enough that blogging as "cousin bait" is something I don't do intentionally. However,...
08 May 2015

In Hastings Nebraska They Have a Flock of Geese...Not Sheep

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As my work colleague from west Texas used to say "Good Honk!" I was browsing the on Ancestry.com to see if they had records fo...

A Seventy Year Old Child Lives on the Hard Road

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This post started out about an Ancestry.com transcription error and morphed into one about highway numbers. Genealogy is like that sometim...

He's A Murphy...But Which One?

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This was posted to the group page I have for Genealogy Tip of the Day on Facebook and it generated some discussion about how the first nam...

FamilySearch Update: MO Deaths, MN Births, Salt Lake City Cemetery, and UT Obits

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The following databases are showing as new or updated on FamilySearch: Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976 Utah, Obituaries...
07 May 2015

August 2015 Allen County Library Research Trip

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Any questions about registering? Email Michael at mjnrootdig@gmail.com Join Michael John Neill for 3 days of research  at the  Allen Count...

A Personal FindAGrave Suggestion

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FindAGrave  memorials for immediate family members can be a sensitive area. There are people, some with good intentions, who create memori...

Thanks!

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Thanks to readers who sent notes to me in reference to my Mom's passing a few weeks ago. I have read them all, but haven't had time ...

Why Can't We Browse on GenealogyBank?

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I have made good discoveries on  GenealogyBank . There are newspapers in their collection that other online sites do not have. However. ...

1940 Era Fountain County, Indiana Marriage Record Provides Birth Place, Occupation, and Residence of Parents

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This is a wonderful document from 6 July 1946 in Fountain County, Indiana: the marriage record of Bernard Henry Goldenstein and Lydia Leeor...