As I discussed in Part 1 about Lena, I found that the land being sold and partitioned between 32 members of my family originally belonged to Lena R. Tremlett. But, I’ve never heard of Lena. I decided to search for her on Ancestry and see what I could find. When I searched for Lena R. Tremlett in Missouri, I came up with 4 good hits – 3 death records and an 1880 census. 1880 Census – St Louis – John Tremlett is 3rd person – Lena Randolph Tremlett is 4th people below John & Lena are boarders The 1880 census...
In my GRIP Intermediate Genealogy course last week, Debbie Mieszala discussed Chronicling America in her class about newspaper research. I decided to do a search for one of my more unusual surnames, Coppenbarger, and I got an interesting hit. I found an article that listed not only my Coppenbarger’s, but also some Randolph’s and other names I recognized. I still haven’t tracked down all of the names, but I have done enough to realize that they are children and grandchildren of my fourth great grandparents, William Randolph (1792 in VA – 1867 in IL) & Matilda Kearns/Keeran (1796 in NC –...
Today’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge by Randy over at GeneaMusings is to play Ahnentafel Roullete. The ‘rules’ are as follows… What year was one of your great-grandfathers born? Divide this number by 80 and round the number off to a whole number. This is your “roulette number.” Use your pedigree charts or your family tree genealogy software program to find the person with that number in your ancestral name list (some people call it an “ahnentafel” – your software will create this – use the “Ahnentafel List” option, or similar). Who is that person, and what are his/her vital...
Carrie at Under the Nut Tree Genealogy participated in an ‘old’ Saturday Night Genealogy Fun posted at Genea-Musings by Randy. The title is “Your 16 Great-Great-Grands.” I thought it sounded like a great activity, so I’m going to participate, too. Here are the steps: List your 16 great-great-grandparents in pedigree chart order. List their birth and death years and places. Figure out the dominant ethnicity or nationality of each of them. Calculate your ancestral ethnicity or nationality by adding them up for the 16 – 6.25% for each (obviously, this is approximate). If you don’t know all 16 of your...
Lorine at Olive Tree Genealogy offers a weekly challenge to share some of our own memories. Her weekly themes are a great way to preserve our own stories. Last week’s challenge was to share about your first loss. I had three grandparents who died during my childhood, but the first two happened when I was very young and the third one was a grandfather I barely knew. What really stood out was the death of my best childhood friend, Shona. Her mom married the man who lived next door and she became my neighbor. I still remember how we...
Last night’s “Saturday Night Genealogy Fun” challenge at Genea-Musings involved doing some semi-random research. I wasn’t able to do the research last night, but I’m ready now! Step #1: Go to your family tree database of choice (you know, like RootsMagic, Reunion, Ancestry Member Tree), and determine who the very first person on your list of C surnames is. Or the first person on your list of J surnames. Or P surnames. Or any other name you need to research. Your choice! I chose the letter “U” and my name was Boyd Ungard. Step #2: What do you know (or...
I’ve done a few of Randy Seaver’s “Saturday Night Genealogy Fun” challenges over at Genea-Musings. This week’s challenge is about your father’s mother’s paternal lines. 1) What was your father’s mother’s name? My grandmother’s maiden name was Hazel Lucille Peters. At the end of her life, she lived with my aunt & uncle who lived in the same town as I. She had almost white hair and, as a young child, I thought that was just her hair color. So, when I received a doll with white hair, I named her Hazel. She died when I was only 5 and...
Lately, I’ve been having a lot of success in researching my Karbach/Koerbach family. They came from Germany around 1850 or 1853 and settled in Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. One of the wonderful resources I have discovered is the Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center which has an index of obituaries in several area newspapers. I’ve now ordered about 15 obituaries for only $3 each. One of the obituaries I ordered was for my great, great, great grandmother, Mary Ann (Reuter) Koerbach. I received the ‘obituary’ with this wonderful title: “Aged Woman Answers Summons.” In it, I found two clues: one saying...
Randy posted tonight’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge over at Genea-Musings. Tonight’s challenge is to pick a male relative who isn’t a direct relative. Good choices would be a brother of an ancestor or the husband of an ancestor. You’re wanting someone whose name probably wouldn’t change throughout their life. Also, pick someone who was born between 1800-2000. Then, use FamilySearch to see what records come up. Tell what records you find & if you find anything new. I chose Edward L Stewart (Aug 1879 in PA – abt 1921 in PA), a sibling to my direct ancestor Andrew McClintock...
Randy, at Genea-Musings, offers a weekly “Saturday Night Fun” challenge. This is my first challenge, but I thought I’d join in the fun! This week’s challenge…take a selfie of yourself and some genealogical item. My husband’s grandfather, who passed away only 11 months ago, served in the Navy Seals as a Seabee. Their slogan: “We build, we fight.” During WWII, the Seebees built roads, airstrips, hospitals, housing, bridges, and more. Grandpa built bridges. About 10 years ago, my sister-in-law took Grandpa’s navy photo, ring, Navy patch, and Seabee patch, and created this shadowbox. After his death, these were passed along...
