MRUA
Posted by David | Filed under Germany, Schoknecht, genealogy
For Randy’s lastest Saturday Night Genealogy Fun:
My “Most Recent Unknown Ancestors” (MRUA) would be the parents of #35 Sophia Maria Friederike Johanna SCHOKNECHT, #70 and #71. The problem I’ve run into is that American records are not specific enough about when or where she was born. I can narrow her origin to an area of [...]
FamilySearch’s San Francisco Funeral Home Records
Posted by David | Filed under Rick, funeral, genealogy
I checked Bloglines tonight after work and one of Randy’s posts mentioned a new addition to the FamilySearch Pilot site: San Francisco Funeral Home Records. It’s rare that I take notice of California databases, but there were some distant collateral lines that made their way that far west. In this case, a database having to [...]
Mapping My To Do List
Posted by David | Filed under genealogy
For some time I’ve been playing with Google Maps to display different subjects — local church and cemetery locations, family migrations, etc. — but haven’t gotten around to finishing any of those. Here’s another I can add to the unfinished list, prompted by Randy’s recent post: things I need to do or places I need [...]