Do you have any documents in your files that you do not remember how you learned of their existence? That's the case with today's Friday Find. This document is photocopies of pages from the Illinois Executive Record. According to my handwritten notations on the copies, this was from Volume 1 for the years 1818-1832. I …
Month: September 2022
RootsMagic to WikiTree
Do you have any of your tree on WikiTree? Although I had heard "Dear Myrtle," "Cousin Russ" and others talk about "cousin bait" and the use of WikiTree, I don't have a lot of my data on WikiTree. That all may change thanks to the recent meeting of Topeka Genealogical Society's Computer Special Interest Group …
Henry F. Burke
Henry F. Burke was born on 30 Apr 1811.1–2 He was listed on the tax rolls as Henry F. Burk in 1839 in Platte City, Platte, Missouri, United States.3 He lived in Platte City, Platte County, Missouri on 1 Jul 1840.4 Henry owned the NE 1/4 of S27 T54N R36W on 21 Aug 1843 in …
Henry Burke Probate
Have you ever tracked the probate of an estate thru multiple years in court records? Such a task was necessary with the estate of Henry Burke of Platte County, Missouri. In the process, court records had to be searched for both Henry Burke and his wife, Elizabeth Burke 1845 - COURT - Platte County, Missouri …
Death Date
Do you have an ancestor in your tree whose death date and place is unknown? That's been my struggle with my 3rd great grandmother, Elizabeth Ann Bland Burke. Elizabeth's husband, Henry Burke died in 1845. He is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Weston, Missouri. Elizabeth Burke is found on the 1850 and 1860 census …
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) Think of any number of genealogy events or moments that make you have a genealogy happy dance, an ah-ha moment. As I've been working on my genealogy for over 40 years, there have been many …
Saturday Tidbits
Draft Order(Official List Continued) The Courier Tribune16 Jan 1941page 2 1451 Charles Casper Bauer1452 Leo John Heideman1453 Loren Henry Carpenter1454 Bernard James Heideman1455 Judd Allen Austin1456 Donald Eugene Little1457 LeRoy August Ritchie1458 Joy Lee Meyer1459 Wm Wesley Ralston1460 Freeman Johnathan Davis1461 Marvin Mefford Brammer1462 Karl Peter Werner1463 Leo Anthony Mueting1464 Edwin Frank Brucken1465 Walter Lee …
Elkanah Bland
#Friday Find Instead of posting about some record I have buried in my files, this post is about a recent find. While trying to locate court records for the estate of Elizabeth Bland Burke in the Platte County, Missouri records, I was also following leads to BLAND records since some of her siblings migrated from …
Clovia
Have you ever come across something in your genealogy files that challenges you to develop new skills? That's my situation as I'm reviewing the records I have for Henry Burke of Platte County, Missouri. Henry Burke's estate had several entries in the 1846 court records after his death in 1845. One of those entries is …
Ricketts Partition
Obtained from Frankfort Community Public LibraryFrankfort, IndianaAug. 2022 State of IndianaCounty of ClintonClinton Circuit CourtJanuary Term AD 1889 Petition for Partition Orilda RickettsJoseph H RickettsJohn E RickettsClem RickettsPriscilla I LouksMary A. BondAda M. RickettsWilliam [L] RickettsJames M RickettsSarah KinnanJoseph H Ricketts guardian of Charles Ricketts The petitioners abovenamed would respectfully represent tothe court that John …