Showing posts with label Indiana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indiana. Show all posts
Saturday, October 15, 2016

Sibling Saturday: Finding a Previously Unknown Half-Brother

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When I obtained the Civil War pension application of Samuel August Samuelson , the brother of my 3rd-great-grandmother Johanna Carolina Samu...
Thursday, September 1, 2016

Mary Florence (Gatlin) Pate

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My great-grandfather 's older sister Mary Florence Gatlin was born 134 years ago today, on 1 September 1882, in Nashville, Davidson Coun...
Thursday, August 18, 2016

Johanna Carolina Samuelsdotter

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Johanna Carolina My 3rd-great-grandmother Johanna Carolina Samuelsdotter (Samuelson, Erickson) was born 180 years ago today, on 18 Augu...
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Monday, June 20, 2016

Mappy Monday: Map of the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad and the Belt Railway of Chicago

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Map of the Chicago & Western Indiana RR and the Belt Railway of Chicago Showing Connections. Traveler's Official Guide of the Rai...
Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Wednesday's Child: Darrell Richard Borg

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Indiana State Board of Health. Bureau of Vital Statistics. Death certificate, Darrell Richard Borg, 1947. Ancestry.com. Indiana, Death Ce...
Sunday, April 3, 2016

Sunday's Obituary: Malinda (Borg) Lawrence

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Vidette-Messenger , 12 October 1948, page 1 North County Native Dies Mrs. Malinda Lawrence  Succumbs At Methodist  Hospital In...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Travel Tuesday: Visiting Relatives in Indiana

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Vidette-Messenger , 29 May 1931, page 4 On 27 May 1931, Marie Louise (Borg) Dahlquist , her daughter Juliet (Dahlquist) Gilbert , her s...
Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Tuesday's Tip: Look for Husbands' Names Too

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March is Women's History Month . Many of my posts this month will focus on female family members. When searching for information on ma...
Saturday, January 23, 2016

Snow

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The Blizzard of 2016 has buried my house in snow. There is so much snow that I can only open the side door (the one I use) an inch or two. I...
Wednesday, October 14, 2015

52 Ancestors: Week 41 "Colorful": John Reynold Gatlin

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I have many colorful ancestors and collateral relatives. It would have been hard to choose just one to focus on this week, but since I alrea...
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Friday, September 25, 2015

Grandma and Grandpa Boe's Anniversary

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Today is the wedding anniversary of my maternal grandparents John Boe and Margaret Ann Schneider . They married in Indianapolis, Indiana on...
Sunday, September 6, 2015

Sunday's Obituary: Alfred Borg

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Vidette-Messenger , 24 June 1939, page 1 From the June 24, 1939 issue of the Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana):                ...
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Saturday, August 29, 2015

Shopping Saturday: Shopping in Gary, Indiana

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Vidette-Messenger , 9 August 1929,  page 5 My 2nd-great-grandmother 's sister Anna Christina (Borg) Greandahl and her daughter Lil...
Sunday, August 16, 2015

Sunday's Obituary: Anna Christina (Borg) Greandahl

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Vidette-Messenger , 29 February 1944, page 1 From the February 29, 1944 issue of the Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana): Pioneer...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015

52 Ancestors: Week 31 "Easy": Marie Louise Borg

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My 2nd-great-grandmother Marie Louise Borg has been pretty easy to research. Her name and correct dates of birth are listed in my father...