#52Ancestors, #Health, #SaturdayNightGenealogyFun Well, it's not Saturday night, nor is it Sunday. but I haven't forgotten about doing a Saturday Night Genealogy Fun post. So, let's pretend, it is Saturday night and some time for some genealogy fun. Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music):1) What memories …
Month: July 2021
Clippings
Do you have newspaper clippings in your genealogy files that have no source information? Do those clippings provide vital information that you can't find in another source? That's my situation with one of the obituaries for my grandmother's twin brother, Paul Mentzer. Paul died in Colorado. According to his death certificate, he died from a …
Throwback Thursday
Paul Emory Mentzer (1896-1942) My grandmother's twin brother Paul and Pauline (not sure which is which) Paul Mentzer / WWI Wedding Photo: Paul Mentzer and Ada Saferite Paul, Ada and Eugene Paul, Ada, Eugene and Delois Delois, Ada and Eugene Mentzer
Paul Mentzer Wounded
When you are looking back thru your genealogy data do you ever say to yourself, "Wow, I didn't remember that!" or "Wow, I didn't give enough details for that!" or even "Wow, that is such a sloppy citation!" Well, that is my case as I'm looking over the facts I have for Paul Mentzer. That's …
Do-Over Update
Did you start Thomas MacEntee's genealogy do-over or go-over? If so, did you make significant progress? I have to admit that I started this project in July of 2015 as evidenced by my blog post: Genealogy Do-Over Week #1. And, based on my current project working with the records for a third great-grandfather, Hiram Currey …
Conflicting Data
Do you ever encounter records that seem to be the same person but contain conflicting data? Well, that just happened to me when I found an obituary for Mrs. Carrie Woolford in the 16 July 1931 issue of the Journal Gazette of Maltoon, Illinois. Death of Former Arcola residentSpecial to the Journal-GazetteArcola, Ill., July 16. …
Corsets
#52Ancestors #Fashion Even though they are evidently back in style, I can confess that I have never worn a corset. However, my grandmother wore a corset - every day. As a child, I once asked her why and she said it helped her back. While grandma may have been wearing a corset in her later …
Gladys Olive Mentzer
Gladys Olive Mentzer1 was born on 9 Jul 1894 in Woodson, Kansas, United States.2–10She was the child of Charles Oliver Mentzer and Nettie Adell Wells.6Bab Mentzer was listed as a 2 year old female born in Kansas in the household of Chas O. Mentzer on the 1895 Kansas census living in Woodson County, Kansas.11Gladys Mentzur …
Throwback Thursday
Gladys Olive Mentzer My great-aunt Gladys Olive Mentzer Baby Picture Gladys Mentzer and Roy Green Wedding Photo Back row: Gerald, Kenneth, Loris Front Row: Roy and Gladys Green
Sharing
When you log into FamilySearch, do you pay attention to the pictures that 'pop up' indicating that someone added memories to a person you are following on the FamilySearch tree? I have to admit that I often just go on by this opening screen to either go to the tree or to the catalog. However, …