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 I received the death certificate for my 2nd great-grandmother, Leaty Caroline (Lankford) West several months ago, but have just gotten around to analyzing it. As far as death certificates go, this one does not offer a great deal of new information, but it does confirm a lot of pieces of data and provides a primary source . . . → : CONTINUE READING  William H. “Buddy” Ward was my third great-grandfather. His is the penultimate name I have in the Ward line, so while he is not a brick-wall ancestor, both of his parents are. His death certificate has been a valuable document, confirming some data, providing new information and leading to new documents. Confirmations He was a farmer.  The Baxters are one of my major brick walls, as regular readers will know. Barbara Baxter was my great-great-grandmother; for a long time, she was the only Baxter I knew about. I recently discovered her father’s name, but I haven’t been able to go much further. A few months ago, I obtained Barbara’s death certificate, hoping . . . → : CONTINUE READING RT @LisaCooke: Had a blast talking with Lisa Kudrow about WDYTYA! Listen to the exclusive interview on Valentine’s Day. Podcast episode 81. # Ellis is the second-most common surname in my genealogy database. These are the 10 resources that I have found to be most helpful in researching these family members. “Ellis and Keener Connections” – a family tree compiled by Lynda Gibbs and housed at Rootsweb World Connect. Some of you are groaning that WorldConnect family trees are inaccurate . . . → : CONTINUE READING There are many opportunities to volunteer within the genealogy community. Whether it is working with a genealogical society, indexing records, performing “Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness,” or fulfilling Find-a-Grave requests, opportunities large and small abound. I would even venture to say that all us geneabloggers are volunteers every time we write a blog article; after all, . . . → : CONTINUE READING I began blogging my genealogy to-dos last month and I’m pleased with the results. Having the list out here for all to see keeps me accountable, plus I don’t feel like I’m tearing off in a hundred directions at once. I can stay focused on what I want to accomplish this month and as I think . . . → : CONTINUE READING December was my first month posting a list of genealogy tasks that I wanted to accomplish during the month. How did I do? Look for marriage record for John William Stroud and Mary Jane Hemphill. – Done. Okay, I forgot about it until I printed my list this morning. But it was easy to find, so I . . . → : CONTINUE READING Thanks to Amy Coffin at WeTree for this prompt: 49. Use your blog like a sounding board for research plans. Sometimes it helps to write down what you want to do, so you can plan how to do it. Here is a random list of research activities I want to conduct in 2010: Order death certificates for all direct . . . → : CONTINUE READING Interesting news. . .DearMYRTLE’s Genealogy Blog: DAR: Online databases now available http://ow.ly/DylA # |
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