Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Sunday, October 29, 2017

Mary Kollain of Jamesburg, NJ


13 February 1953
   Trenton Evening Times
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Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Imre Bauman of Bakonyoslop, Veszprem


Below is the transcription of the baptism record of Imre Bauman, brother of  Andrew Bauman.
I had viewed the original record on microfilm years ago at a local Family History Center.  Slowly, but surely, all these records are becoming available online.

"Hungary, Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895," 
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Saturday, September 16, 2017

July 1867 Immigration record for Anton Busch and Family


Anton and Margarethe (Theisen) Busch
from Rheinland, Prussia (Germany),
arrived in New York, NY, via Antwerp with their children on 31 Jul 1867 aboard the ship Guiseppe Baccarcick.


Their oldest son, John J Busch, arrived in New York one year earlier with his wife Katherine and son Anthony J. via London, England, on the ship Liverpool.
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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Marriage Record of Anna Kollain to Martin Wetzel

 
While searching for more information on our Kollain ancestors on FamilySearch.org, I found the marriage record for Anna, daughter of Ignatz and Maria Kollain.
Most importantly, this record adds more information regarding the issue of her Maria's maiden name.
See: More Than One Maiden Name?
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Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Happy July 4th!


 (Photo: Carol Highsmith/ The Library of Congress)
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Monday, July 3, 2017

Celebrating the 4th of July


c. 1916
(click image to enlarge)
 (Photo Source:  Library of Congress)
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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Free Access to AmericanAncestors.org




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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Thursday, June 22, 2017

5 Days of Free access to British & Irish Records


All of Findmypast's British and Irish records are FREE to access from 22-26 June 2017

For more information on what's included with your free access pass, visit the findmypast blog post  - click:  Announcement    

Or click HERE to get started. 
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Friday, June 16, 2017

WWI in Detail

"The Library of Congress is commemorating the 100th anniversary of U.S. entry into the war with exhibitions, lectures, symposia, film programs, recordings, publications, veterans' stories, educational tools, and research guides to the Library's remarkable World War I resources."
 

Visit https://www.loc.gov/topics/world-war-i/ and you will find an amazing amount of fascinating material.
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