Helping the present understand the past
Census records. Every genealogist uses them at one point or another. They’re a great source of information as long as you keep in mind the possibility for errors to be found within the census records. The United States has taken a federal census every 10 years since 1790. The first census enumeration contained a limited…
Welcome to another edition of Follow Friday! Today we’re looking at the blog Ancestral Breezes. Jen’s blog focuses on telling the stories of her past, her family and throwing in some education for good measure. And she does a good job at all of it. Her post on My first look at the Digital Public…
Welcome back to Tombstone Tuesday! After a break for a couple of weeks we’re back to visiting the Altman family in Anselm Lutheran Cemetery. Today we’re looking at my great grand-aunt, Augusta Christine (Altman) Froemke. Froemke family marker Anselm Lutheran Cemetery in Anselm, Ransom, North Dakota Tombstone of Augusta Christine (Altman) Froemke Anselm Lutheran…
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The last three weeks we’ve talked about birth, marriage and death records. These three types of vital records are the records most genealogists think about when you say the words “vital records”. But there’s a fourth type of vital record that isn’t immediately thought of: divorce records. Obviously divorce records aren’t going to exist for…
TGIF! I hope you’re as excited about the weekend as I am. Friday means another edition of Follow Friday and today we’re looking at the blog Ascending the Stairs. Rachelle’s blog chronicling her genealogy research is an interesting read and her post Just another clue, that will lead you to another clue and to another…