21 October 2010
Analysis
Sometimes you find a record that has so much information it is worth it’s weight in gold. Before I found this death certificate, all I knew about Cordeale (possibly spelled Cordelia) was her name, approximate birth year, parents’ names, and location on the 1880 census. Information gleaned from the death certificate: Alternate spelling for first [...]
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24 July 2010
Bios & Timelines
This week’s Surname Saturday post focuses on the Baxters, one of my major brick walls, as regular readers will know. The line starts with my great-great-grandmother, Barbara Baxter. Barbara is the little old lady, front and center, in the collage (click on image to view a larger version). Barbara was born February 1854, possibly in [...]
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