As I was going thru my RICKETTS notebook and files, I came across some research that Betty Wasmer did for me in Woodson County Kansas records. Since this research is primarily a transcription from the indexes, I checked FamilySearch to see whether the actual records were available. I did not find anything on FamilySearch for …
Category: Mentzer
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 …
Phillip A Mentzer
Of Middlesex county, Massachusetts Phillip Andrew Mentzer [1] was born about Mar 1793. [2–3] He obtained a marriage license to marry Orinda Miles on 16 Mar 1816 in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [4–6] He married Orinda Miles on 23 May 1816. [1,7–9] He was the father of William Andrew Mentzer who was born on 2 …
Friday Finds
Do you have photocopies of pages from county histories in your files? Have you ever tried to find those same county histories as a digitized version? While updating citations for my 3rd great grandfather, Phillip Andrew Mentzer, there was a very messy citation to the book, History of Woodson and Allen Counties. Not only do …
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) Who is one of your most elusive ancestors? What research have you done …
Mailbag
Do you remember the days of the SASE, putting one in a letter and then waiting for it to come back to you? (SASE: Self addressed stamped envelope) Well, even though I didn't receive a SASE in the mail, I did receive a bounty of genealogy documents in the mail recently! One package was from …
Friday Finds
Obituary of Emeline Minnick Mentzer Died - MentzerEmaline Minnick was born near Pittsburg, Pa., Aug 26, 1848, at which place she spent her childhood in the home of her parents, John and Mary Minnick. at the age of 12 years her parents with their five daughters and one sone moved to Kewanee, Ill., where she …
Friday Finds
Have you used microfilm to locate obituaries? With deep Kansas roots, I took advantage of the newspaper microfilm collection at the Kansas State Historical Society to locate many obituaries of my ancestors and cousins. Those early days of research produced hand-written notes that may or may not have been word processed. While I'm able to …
Juanita Mentzer Baldwin
Do use notes to help create a narrative report for individuals in your tree? While I've seen another researcher talk about his use of this feature, I have to admit that I haven't taken advantage of the ability to create and incorporate notes into a narrative report. Having recently corresponded with a DNA match who …
Mentzer – Schoepflin
Marriage licenses issued: Oct. 19, Hiram Underhill, Neosho Falls, and Miss Charlotte Tarman, Iola. Oct. 28, Philip E. Mentzer and miss Anna M. Schoepflin both of Yates Center"Marriage Licenses," The Neosho Falls Post (Neosho Falls, Kansas), 26 October 1905, page 4; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online 19 June 2022). MarriedMentzer - Schoepflin - …