Time Travel
Posted by David | Filed under genealogy
Randy at Genea-Musings’ Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Time Travel! assignment is simple enough, except it’s really hard to choose just one situation in which to travel back in time for answers. I can’t do that, so here’s my short list:
Madison County, Illinois, between 1831 and 1843. John HEATON married Rocceanna KENSLER in December of [...]
Nebraska: A+
Posted by David | Filed under genealogy
I’ve never been to Nebraska, though that will soon change. My interactions with Nebraska libraries, archives and societies have been limited, but in each case I was pleased with the results. And I had never ordered a vital record from Nebraska until a couple of weeks ago.
The death certificate I wanted was from 1919. In [...]
Wolke Neun
Posted by David | Filed under genealogy, news
After too much procrastination over the past few years, I emailed a German archive exactly one month ago about a handful of records that I wanted to obtain. I had expected to get a letter or email explaining how much I owed and where to send the check, but heard nothing as the days passed.
Today [...]