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I’m not certain what was wrong with Johann Ufkes in the early 1880s. There are two documents that provide evidence he was ill, but there is actually nothing to connect the two illnesses with each other. And the illness was immediately life-threatening as Johann lived until 1924. The first piece of evidence comes from the […]
Regular readers of this blog will know that the last name in this will was supposed to have been Trautvetter. Apparently the clerk was not familiar with the families the testator mentioned in this 1902 document. It could also have been that the elderly Barbara Haase simply didn’t say the names in a way that […]
Last week I gave a webinar on creating genealogical blog content. As regular readers know, I’m not a big fan of memes, writing prompts, and similar content creation processes. That’s great that it works for some, but it’s not for me. It’s just not how I operate. I feel the best blog posts come from […]
Using Online City and Regional Directories This session will provides an overview of city and regional directories that are online, discussing fee-based sites, free sites, search strategies to find online directories, and search strategies for using online copies of city directories. Several case studies involving specific directories and specific individuals will be discussed as well–with cases […]
This is the third in a series of image from the 1807 estate sale list from Stephen Gibson of Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. We’ll be posting the entire accounting (which is relatively short) and then a transcription of each image. Inventories and accountings of this type can be a great way to garner insight into an […]
Yesterday’s post “When You Are Dead You Are Dead” got me to thinking about prioritizing the genealogical material a person saves so that it is not “lost” forever upon their demise. Is it possible to preserve and pass on every piece of paper or record I have ever copied in my research? What about the material […]
There are times when the more redundant a statement is, the more truth it actually contains. “When you are dead, you are dead,” is one of those statements. At that point, control really is gone and what control a person tried to exact from beyond the grave is dependent upon those who are left behind. […]
