Thanks to my husband clipping some 1948-1950 newspapers articles from Kensington, Kansas, I've been researching Enos Currey and his family. My husband clipped the articles because he not only recognized the surname but the spelling of the surname. He was surprised to find out that Enos Currey (William Enos Currey) is a first cousin, 5 …
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Enos Currey
Do you ever do research 'backwards'? In other words, do you ever have a source and then try to figure out who it relates to? When my husband brought me clippings from the Kensington, Kansas newspaper, that is exactly what I had to do. My husband was aware that one of my ancestral surnames was …
Microfilm
Do you remember microfilm? Do you remember hand cranking the film to get to what you wanted to read? Or, do you remember the long row of microfilm cabinets storing all of that film. If you have been lucky enough to venture to the Family History Library in Salt Lake or some of the other …
Friday Find
THOMPSON When you research a locality, do you ever record everything you find for a family surname? If so, do you have old handwritten (or typewritten) notes? Have you ever gone back and tried to figure out who these people are? As I'm going thru my THOMPSON notes to make sure they are digitized and …
Stumbled Upon
Have you ever come across a valuable genealogical resource while researching a different topic? That was my case recently when I was researching the involvement of Nemaha (KS) countians during the civil war. Not only did I uncover quite a bit of information and records for the 8th Kansas infantry, but I encountered a site …
Missing Records
Do you have a record in your files that you believe should lead you to more records? That's my case with a Woodson County, Kansas deed for Thurston K. Wells. Woodson County KansasDeeds Book G, Page 324 Image 12 on FS film 1428638 United States of AmericaHomestead Certificate No 1316Application 2986 To all to whom …
Provenance
Do you have a family scrapbook, photo album or Bible in your possession? If so, have you documented how you obtained ownership of the item(s)? While most of the photo albums, funeral books and family Bibles were passed down to me by my grandmothers, I am encountering an issue where I need to document the …
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Daisy Pearl Ricketts Isreal - K88F-NLR Do you have any funeral books in your collections? Both of my grandmothers seemed to not only keep obituary clippings but also funeral books. Thus, my genealogy files contain both the obituary clipping and the funeral book for one of my great grandaunts, Daisy Pearl Ricketts. Daisy Pearl was …
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Do you have obituary clippings in your files? If so, have you identified all of them? As I was going thru my RICKETTS notebook, I found a clipping for Mrs. Adele Freeman. Freeman Services Held Funeral Services for Mrs. Adele Freeman, 617 West fifth Ave., who died Sunday in St. Mary's Hospital, were held Tuesday …
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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 …