Month: July 2016
Pictures of Rounded Tombstones
Weekly Blog Update
In addition to the regular blog content on my blogs, I put out a weekly summary of blog content–this is perfect for those who may overlook the daily emails or who do not want to receive the daily emails–the weekly update is weekly, not daily (grin!). My weekly blog update is separate from daily emails received from […]
Another New Picture: Johann Frederichs Hinrichs Ufkes
How Long Should I Look for Bernard Dirks in 1855?
There are times when it is worth considering how much time a specific task is worth and whether it is simply time to research elsewhere. That’s where I am with the location of Bernard Dirks in the 1855 Illinois State Census. What’s “known” about Bernard around the time period of 1855 census: Bernard Dirks (or […]
A New Picture of Noentjelena
When one has researched for quite some time it can be tempting to think that everything there is to be discovered has already been located. That’s not always true. A cousin told me she had large pictures of my great-great-grandparents, Johann and Noentjelena (Grass) Ufkes. I just assumed they were additional copies of pictures of […]
A Few Random Thoughts on Trees Being a “Required” Part of a Search
I’m still thinking about how I feel about trees being a “mandatory” part of an exhaustive search. Here’s a few random thoughts: I’m working on the wife and mother of a John Rucker who died in the early 1740s in the Orange County, Virginia, area. There are hundreds of trees on John with a variety […]
Crossing Out the Dead in Brown County, Illinois, in 1880
According to the 1880 United States census mortality schedule, Henry Miller died in Brown County, Illinois, in March of 1880. The eighty-one year old resident of Pea Ridge Township and native of Hanover died of old age. It’s worth noting that the enumeration does not state that he died in Pea Ridge Township. While he […]
Haipkens Miller Hops Onboard in 1854
It’s not her simply because it looks like it matches. Looks are not always guarantees. I was looking for the passenger list entry for Heipke (Mueller) Dirks, born in Etzel, Ostfriesland, Germany, in November of 1832. She could have immigrated to the United States as late as December of 1856 when she married fellow Etzel […]