John Minnick1 was born on 22 Jun 1822 in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States.2–4He married Elizabeth Mary Jones on 28 Oct 1843 in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States.3–4He lived in Montgomery Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States on 1 Oct 1850.5He purchased land being 60 feet off from East side lot 2 block 11 _____'s Addition …
Category: Henry County Illinois
Letters of Administration
As I'm been going over the information I have in my file for a 3rd great grandparent, John Minnick, I've been dealing with incomplete citations. One of those citations was not only incomplete but also inaccurate! The notation, Minnick,IL.015, is my 'index' to my files. Thus, I was able to locate the document I used …
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 …
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 …
Deeds Block 11
Do you have an ancestor that seems to buy and sell land just to move down the street a bit? That seems to be the case with John Minnick after his move from Pennsylvania to Kewanee, Illinois. In 1856, he made an agreement to purchase part of lot number 2 in block 11 of Tenney's …
Why Go Over?
Several years ago, I started the 'Go Over' process first introduced by Thomas MacEntee as the Genealogy Do Over. At the time I was making the transition from The Master Genealogist to RootsMagic and have since transitioned from RootsMagic 7 to RootsMagic 8. Sometimes, I wonder why I'm spending SO MUCH TIME going back thru …
Friday Finds – Minnick Biography
Do you have lots of handwritten notes in your genealogy files? I know that I do. And many of those notes are from sources that are now digitized. Having recently researched the descendants of John Minnick, I started looking at my old Minnick notes. The first document I opened was notes from the book, Portrait …
Frink Diary
Some years ago, I was sent a typed copy of Nettie Frink's diary. At the time I received the diary, I only recognized my great-grandfather's name, Charles Mentzer, in the diary. However, after researching the descendants of John Minnick, I now realize that Nettie Frink is my first cousin 3 times removed. Below is Nettie's …