Ancestor Connections

07/13/2021

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-thursday-edition-1.4822216/massive-trove-of-centuries-old-undelivered-mail-seized-by-british-warships-going-online-1.4818817?fbclid=IwAR0SoVGT8QHuJUFsRMm0DL8wIhHaQflomVwI-tQ-NGbDi-tnfOjmwpqH2v0

A massive trove of undelivered mail seized by British warships offers a rare glimpse into the lives of "ordinary men, women and children," says Dagmar Freist, director of the Prize Papers project.

04/05/2020

Just found this article from GenealogyBank titled "Some guidelines for better genealogy". It provides some really good information about genealogy etiquette.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2920533001339728&id=204629506263438

04/04/2020

Thank you everyone for liking our page. We have decided to change the page name to better reflect what it is all about. We encourage sharing of family history and connecting with others.

03/22/2020

For those of us that appreciate free genealogy records online, we want to thank Reclaim The Records group for working diligently to get access to our public records. Check out their website for these free records and how they are able to access these records. Like them on Facebook & Twitter.

We’re Reclaim The Records, a new not-for-profit activist group of genealogists, historians, researchers, and open government advocates. We identify important genealogical records sets that ought to be in the public domain but which are being wrongly restricted by government archives, libraries, an...

02/23/2020

Today would have been my paternal great grandmother, Margaret Lou (Boling) Ramsey's 145th birthday. She was born in Arkansas on 23 Feb 1875 to John W, Boling and Emma F, Killough/Kelow. She married Charles Andrew Ramsey on 18 Aug 1891 in Pittsburg, Indian Territory (which is now Oklahoma). They had 12 children (Lonnie Andrew, John William "Willie", Lillie Mae, Minty Pearl, Thomas Calendar, Debbie Ann Magdalene (my paternal grandmother), Jessie J, Charles Lee, CA (died in infancy), Silas Abraham, Lola Elizabeth, and Elva Irene).

11/25/2018

11/25/2018

Found a 1916 La Porte Indiana yearbook for La Porte High School. Some of the surnames found in the yearbook are: Ahrens, Alsfasser, Anderson, Andrew, Armstrong, Barnes, Bass, Bender, Blycker, Bravy, Briscoe, Brown, Bush, Connelly, Conner, Coplin, Culver, Daniels, Danielson, Darling, Downey, Euler, Evory, Fickel, Franklin, Geltenbort, Gibbs, Gwynne, Hailman, Hall, Hampton, Haverly, Heald, Held, Henderson, Hildebrand, Horner, Immel, Johnson, Jones, Juers, Keller, Kemper, Kempf, Kistler, Krieg, Kuhns, Larson, Liddell, Linard, Lindborg,
Lingard, Loudon, Low, Lutman, Magnuson, Matheny, Maurjtz, McGregor, Medaris, Morris, Morrison, Orcutt, Orr,
Pease, Peet, Perry, Petering, Peterson, Pitner, Profant, Putnam, Richter, Rittinger, Robbins, Rumely, Sallwasser, Schafer, Schelle, Schenck, Schultz, Shaw, Shedd, Shelly, Silvey, Simons, Smith, Spicer, Stahmer, Stark, Steigely, Strieter, Taylor, Terry, Truesdell, Van Trease, VanVactor, Walton, Waterhouse, Weaver, Wells, Whitney, Wilson, Wise, Wolf, Worch, Young, Zaring.

I will post photos of the yearbook.

10/08/2018

Nancy (Gardiner) Doty & John Doty

10/08/2018

Happy Birthday to my maternal 3rd great grandfather, Isaiah Doty! He would have been 191 years old today. He was born in 1827 in Ashley, Ohio. Lived most of his live in and around Berlin, Wisconsin.
Isaiah was son of Stephen W. Doughty, Jr & Nancy Gardiner of Lincoln, Ohio. At age of 14 years he left Ohio with his Uncle Thomas Doughty and other related families and settled in Winnebago Co., WI. After leaving Ohio, Isaiah spelled his name Doty as did his brothers and uncle's except for his Uncle Thomas Doughty. Thomas Doughty's descendants have been only ones to keep Doughty spelling to present time. Isaiah served in Civil War from WI. in Company B, 37 Infantry where he was a Drummer. His grandfather Stephen Doughty was a Drummer in the Revolutionary War in Maine. April 1847 Isaiah married Clarissa Stateler. Children were Josephus & Clarissa, In 1850 about two weeks after birth of daughter his wife died. In 1852 Isaiah married Elizabeth Stateler, sister of Clarissa and children born to them were Frank & Eliza. In 1855 about two weeks after birth of daughter, his wife died. In 1866 Isaiah married Ellen Fox and they were parents of Arthur A., Stephen W., Wesley & Amy. Isaiah became well known for his cheese making.

08/30/2018

This blog has a wonderful list of where to find historical Nebraska newspapers.

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08/23/2018

Looking for Finley family members. I am researching James R. & Phatama (Scott) Finley that lived in Pulaski County, Missouri. James was born 1806 in Tennessee and Phatama was born in Virginia. Trying to find out who James R. Finley's parents are. Anyone know this information? I would so appreciate chatting with you.

Sharing family history is so important to keep our ancestors alive. We encourage others to share th

04/29/2018

Have you tried finding your ancestors in Out-of-Print books? This article written by Nancy Hendrickson provides good places to find these books.

If you really want to understand the life and times of your ancestors, start digging through out-of-print books. Here are my favorite six sites for finding family stories, period politics, food, fashion, everyday thought.