Happy Father's Day!

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Flag Day

National Museum of American History - Kenneth E. Behring Center

Click HERE to learn more online 

or visit the Smithsonian Museum of American History.

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Ruth Freeman Welcheck of Ohio - Problem Solved.

I was searching for Ruth (Freeman) Welcheck, the spouse of John J Welcheck.  I last saw the couple in the 1920 census.  Then nothing more on Ruth  (John dies Feb 1930 and their son is residing with the Welcheck grandparents in 1930 census).
Then, finally, I locate a short legal notice in a 1931 newspaper referencing Ruth Tishel formerly Welcheck, and with that clue I was able to find the following:

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A lot of questions are answered in just this one record.

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1689 Morris / Bom Marriage Announcement

From the 1689 Philadelphia Quaker Monthly Meeting Minutes:

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Marriage intentions of Agnes (Moij) Bom, widow of Cornelius Bom,
 to Anthony Morris;

both of residents of Philadelphia

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A Birth Date Calculator

Here is a handy tool to help determine birth date when only the age at death and the date of death are known.

         click here: 
 Birth Date Calculator

It's Cinco de Mayo!

 

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Wedding Wednesday: Burton Casteel & Jennie Atrim - 28 April 1910

A Beautifully  Simple Wedding

The Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois) 30 April 1910

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Eli & Apoline (Caron) Robillard of Connecticut

Eli Robillard b.1861
son of Pierre & Philanese (Ducharme) Robillard

married Pauline (Apoline) Caron  c.1888

Buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery in New London, Connecticut

(findagrave.com)

Joseph Ernest Casteel of Macoupin Co, IL

 

Joseph Ernest Casteel

b. 30 May 1871

son of Joseph M. & Minerva Almyra (Laster) Casteel

Married Amanda A Hale  24 April 1895

d. 11 May 1943 

Buried in Gilead Cemetery, Barr Township, Macoupin, Illinois

 

 

d. 11 May 1943 

Buried in Gilead Cemetery, Barr Township, Macoupin, Illinois

 

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Zacharie Cloutier & Xainte Dupont of New France

 Memorials commemorating the 1634 arrival of 

Zacharie & Xainte (Dupont) Cloutier

to New France (now Quebec).

 Our 10th G-grandparent, they are one of the founding families of Beauport.  It was determined that by 1800, Zacharie Cloutier had 10,850 French-Canadian descendants, the most of any Quebec colonist, according to the marriage records studied by the Historical Demography Research Program at the Universite de Montreal.

Time Flies - Another anniversary to celebrate

 

 

Today is the six-year anniversary of Tangled Trees. 

I'd like to take this opportunity to say "Thank You" to however many readers I have picked up along the way.

 

Thank You!

Free Access to FindMyPast this Weekend!

 

 

This is a great opportunity to explore their collection of over 2 billion records plus historical newspapers at no charge.

Find out more Here

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