It's Saturday Night - time for more Genealogy Fun! Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible music here) is to: 1) Who is your current favorite ancestor to research and why? [Thank you to Linda Stufflebean for suggesting topics!] Who is my favorite ancestor to research? Why, JAMES CRAWFORD, of course! The word cloud created by the …
Month: July 2022
Saturday Tidbits
1940 Nemaha County Draft List Continued Courier TribuneDecember 9, 1940 Draft Order(Official List Continued) 651 Milan Edward Strahm652 Harold Wayne Hodges653 Kenneth Morris McBratney654 Jack Eberly Noble655 John Willis Slocum656 Earl Samuel Bennett657 Nathan William Grimm658 Donald Emerson Cordon659 Frederick Merle Whaner660 Louis W Meyer661 Raymond Albert Hasenkamp662 George Bernard Hunninghake663 Ralph William Robinson664 Virgil …
Friday Find
I found another unrelated WELLS obituary in my files that I don't believe connects to my tree. FATAL INJURYTO A PUMPEROil Field Worker Struckby CrowbarReached the BrainHeavy Instrument CrushedRight TempleClarence Wells Died in a MotorCar as It Passed East lola onWay to HospitalClarence Wells, aged about 35, a drilling rig workmanemployed on an oil lease …
Analog to Digital
Do you remember genealogy research before the days of the Internet and digital images? As I'm going thru my (old) sources for John Minnick, I encountered a couple of citations to some of those 'old' sources. These 'old' sources are either handwritten notes or photocopies from books. Yes, we used to use books! As I …
Dear Randy,
Do you have a genealogy mentor? My first genealogy mentor was Ruth Keys Clark. Ruth was the 'tour guide' for research trips to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. These trips were sponsored by the Kansas Council of Genealogists. Ruth's leadership on the two trips I took got me more involved in genealogy …
Block 23 Land Sold
Do you ever use deeds to confirm a second wife? In John Minnick's case, his sale of land in Henry County, Illinois does support his having two wives. His first wife, Elizabeth, is indentified when John and Elizabeth sell land in block 2 of lot 11 in Kewanee which John had previously purchased from James …
Deeds Block 23
Having sold his land in block 11, John Minnick now moves to block 23. Fortunately, Sanborn maps help place these parcels of land within the town. Below is an 1885 Sanborn map for Kewanee. In May of 1862, John Minnick purchases lot number 8 in block number 23 of Kewanee. This Indenture made this 20th …
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
It's Saturday Night - time for more Genealogy Fun! Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible music here) is to: 1) What is the best or important image or document that you have recently found online? [Thank you to Linda Stufflebean for suggesting topics!] Well it is early Sunday morning as I'm writing this. While …
Saturday Tidbits
1940 Nemaha County Draft List Continued Courier Tribune (Seneca, Kansas)December 9, 1940 Draft Order(Official List Continued) 600 Marvin Wilmer Broadbent601 Vincent Joseph Kohake602 Lester Meyer603 Bernard August Glissman604 Earl Christian Yarger605 Elmer Donald Cordill606 Morris Molineux607 Gehling John Huber608 Charles Nelson Alley609 Paul Marion Porter610 August Henry Buessing611 Leonard Herman Hammes612 Charles Lloyd Holland616 Galen …
Friday Finds
OK, I have to admit it. I have another unrelated obituary in my file. This time, it is for Jess Wells who was killed during World War I from the Iola Daily Register. I do have a Jesse Wells in my tree who lived in Woodson County, Kansas and served during World War I. However, …