Tip: Finding a Newspaper Article That Is Not Online
If you know of a newspaper clipping but can’t find it online, maybe it hasn’t been digitized. If so, a
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Finding Two “Missing” Children from the 1910 Census
The 1910 census lists Elizabeth C Merrill, wife of Norman B Merrill, as a mother of 6 with 4 still
Read MoreHelp Needed: Printing Newspaper Articles that Look Like Newspaper Articles
I’d like to make a “scrapbook” of newspaper clippings I’ve found that relate to my family. I’d like the clippings
Read MoreWere You in the Newspaper and You Didn’t Even Know It?
Have you ever looked for yourself in the newspaper? I always thought I was “never” in the newspaper – except
Read MoreWhite Hair Turning Black & Sleeping 60 Hours Straight: Things a 100(+) Year Old Might Do
This week I had a breakthrough on my Snavely ancestors. I knew my 4x great grandfather, Jacob Coppenbarger (1769-1841) married
Read MoreElla Wagner: “Dead from Heart Disease and Exhaustion” (#14 of 52 Ancestors)
Today I came across this sad death notice for the half-sister of my great, great grandfather, Alexander Stewart. Before today,
Read MoreMary Ellen (Coppenbarger) Waggoner: Survivor of a Twister (#10 of 52 Ancestors)
My great, great grandparents, Josiah Randolph Coppenbarger & Elizabeth (Bennett) Coppenbarger, lived in the small community of Ashton, Kansas near
Read MoreWhat Did It Take to Become a Census Enumerator?
My great, great grandfather, Augustus L Merrill (or A. L. Merrill), was a census taker in 1900. In 1910, he
Read MoreMy Great, Great Grandmother Threw Up WHAT?!?
My great, great grandmother, Sarah Jane (Eastwood) Merrill, had evidently been ill for five years when a “marked change in
Read MoreYou’ll Shoot Your Eye Out! (A Letter to Santa Claus)
My husband’s favorite Christmas movie is A Christmas Story in which Ralphie wants a BB gun but the adults all
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