Do you have profiles on WikiTree? In preparation for the WikiTree anniversary, I started looking at my connections and realized that some of my ancestors were missing many of their children. In the process of adding some of these children, I came across an obituary for my great-grandfather's brother, Nelson G. Crawford. Nelson G. CrawfordDies …
Category: Dodge City
Friday Finds
Have you ever visited a museum to find something related to an ancestor on display? That was my situation quite a few years ago when going thru the Boot Hill Museum in Dodge City, Kansas. In their display, Wheat Comes to Kansas, they had a journal for the Ford County Agricultural Society on display. This …
Friday Finds
Do you have handwritten notes in your files? As I'm going thru my files, I am finding such notes. One set of notes comes from Ford County, Kansas for my Hammond line. Fortunately, I do have photocopies of the marriage licenses for my 2nd great grandfather and some his children. Ford County Kansas Marriage Record …
Friday Find
Homesteading Did any of your ancestors homestead? While going over my HAMMOND research, I found a copy of a homestead 'deed' in my files for Richmond F. Hammond in Ford County, Kansas. Page 384Final Receiver's Receipt No 536Application NO 7688HomesteadReceiver's Office Garden City Kans.Nov 26 1887Received of Richmond F Hammond the sumof eight dollars ----- …
Friday Find
Richmond F. Hammond's Marriage Records 1867 - Married Sarah Ralston Knox County IllinoisCounty ClerkGalesburg, IL 61401 Marriage License: 7081 The People of the state of IllinoisTo any regular minister of the Gospel, authorized to Marry by theChurch or Society to which he belongs; any Justice of the Supreme Court ; anyJudge of any Inferior Court …
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again - time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Here is your assignment, should you decide to accept it (you ARE reading this, so I assume that you really want to play along - cue the Mission Impossible music!):1) It's Father's Day in the USA on Sunday, so let's talk about our fathers. …
Josie’s Ledger
I shared a poem written by my 2nd great grandfather, Washington Marion Crawford. While discussing this poem with my cousins, one shared a comment about his having a copy of Josie’s ledger of poetry. This comment reminded me that I have the actual ledger. In remembering this ledger, I realized that I hadn’t done enough to …
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun
Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again - time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Here is your assignment, should you decide to accept it (you ARE reading this, so I assume that you really want to play along - cue the Mission Impossible music!):1) Have you found a unique document or record (e.g., not a vital record, …
Josie’s Ledger
I recently shared a poem written by my 2nd great grandfather, Washington Marion Crawford. While discussing this poem with my cousins, one shared a comment about his having a copy of Josie's ledger of poetry. This comment reminded me that I have the actual ledger. In remembering this ledger, I realized that I hadn't done …
Josie’s Ledger
I recently shared a poem written by my 2nd great grandfather, Washington Marion Crawford. While discussing this poem with my cousins, one shared a comment about his having a copy of Josie's ledger of poetry. This comment reminded me that I have the actual ledger. In remembering this ledger, I realized that I hadn't done …