Month: June 2017
What Was the Last Thing You Wrote?
I like to research. It is fun to find things. The “thrill of the hunt” is what keeps many genealogists actively engaged in their pursuit of long-deceased ancestors. It’s not always so much fun to look for things, but looking without finding is the nature of genealogy. It may be the nature of life, but […]
Ancestral Clues and Connections: Mimke Lubben Habben (1823-1877)
Mimke Lubben Habben was born in 1823 in Velde, Ostfriesland, Germany and died in 1877 in Hancock County, Illinois. He married Antje Janssen Jaspers in Ostfriesland. Some things I’ve learned about research from Mimke: their family may stay behind. Mimke and his wife and children immigrated to the United States in the 1860s. None of […]
June 2017 Organizing Genealogy Information Class
Ancestral Clues and Lessons: Probably Margaret (maybe Stephens), probably born Canada around 1825,
There are qualifiers with this probable ancestor of mine: Margaret. She is enumerated in the 1850 census with Benjamin Butler in Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan, as the oldest female in the household. She is twenty-five years of age and shown as having been born in Canada and it is assumed she is Benjamin’s […]
Union Civil War Headstones for Private Cemetery Burial 1879-1903
Ancestry.com‘s “Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903” has recently been updated on their site. They originally published it some time ago, so it is doubtful that it contains any significant changes. The database does serve as a reminder that everything is not always as it seems–or at least not titled 100% […]
Ancestral Clues and Lessons: Benjamin Butler (abt 1819-1880s)
Benjamin Butler was born about 1819 probably in New York State. He died in the 1880s in Vernon County, Missouri. He was married twice and the mother of his “first batch” of children was named Margaret. I descend from a child of that “first batch” of children. Some things I’ve learned about research from Benjamin: […]