1684 Map of Philadephia, Pennsylvania

This 1684 map illustrates the planned layout of Philadelphia, 

the first planned town in the county.

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Happy Halloween!

"Trick or Treat!"

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125-year-old Wedding Gift Returns Home to Family

 

"An engraved silver set of a covered sugar bowl, creamer, and spooner (for holding teaspoons) was purchased in an antique store in Texas. Through online research and phone calls, it was determined it was a wedding present for Andrew and Maria Ylvisaker, married December 1, 1888. The set was sent to Dolly Ylvisaker in March. Her husband, John, was Andrew and Maria’s grandson."  News-Record & Zumbro Shopper

Read the complete article here:
125-year-old wedding gift returns to Zumbrota family

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City Directory Provides More than a Residence

I was finally able to locate a death date for Francois Xavier Turgeon by following him in a sequence of city directories for New Bedford, Massachusetts. Listed below in the 1924 New Bedford City Directory is the entry for F. Xavier Turgeon stating that he had died the previous year on January 15.

Also listed are several of his adult children with spouses and occupations.

Tombstone Tuesday: John & Sarah (Dean) Clements of Knox, Ohio

John and Sarah (Dean) Clements came to the United States from England with their family in September 1828 and resided in Ohio. They are buried at Kenyon College Cemetery in Gambier, Knox, Ohio. 

Sarah 

Wife of John Clements 

Died June 5, 1842 Aged 53 Yrs 9 Mo 2 da

John Clements 

Died April 7 1863 Aged 83 Yrs 10 Mo 9 Da

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WWII Draft Registration Card for Creed Casteel

WWII draft cards from the Fourth Registration were often referred to as the "Old Man's Draft" because it registered men who were 45 to 64 years old at the time.

 

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Massachusetts Birth Records - Online images at your fingertips

FamilySearch.org provides free access to many original records. 

Easily searchable, the Massachusetts, Birth, 1841-1915 collection contains 3,818,515 records which can be viewed as they were recorded in the state registers. Below is the birth record for Gertrude A. Hughes, born 29 Nov 1897 in New Bedford, MA, daughter of Edward L. and Lillian Emily (Cassingham) Hughes.

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Historic Oak Hill - Open House Event

 

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Remembering September 11th

 

Twelve years later,  our nation pauses to reflect and remember.

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1775 Baptism Record for John Cassingham

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Above is the baptism record for our 4th G-Grandfather John Cassingham, son of John Cassingham and Alice Sampson. Baptized in Tenterden, Kent, England, on 7 April 1775 by a minister of the Protestant dissenting Church.

Parents: Unknown

Those dreaded words.
I hate to see 'unknown' on recorded documents.
I finally get the record from the state of New Jersey - and there it is:  Unknown
Place of birth: Poland..... What happened to City or Town?

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 1938 Death Certificate of Grzegorz Kolbusz

The informant was his daughter who immigrated with him in 1900.

See: http://tangledtrees.blogspot.com/2013/08/passenger-record-for-gregorz-kolbusz.html

Sad that she wasn't more attentive to the details. 

Even his age is way off.

Happy Labor Day

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