What are “vital records”?
Family historians should always look for vital records to identify 3 key moments in an ancestors life. These “vital records” identify and prove a person’s birth, marriage, and death.
Continue reading →Category Archives: Genealogy
Working Papers
Many people remember getting their working papers around the age of 14. My grandfather, Jay Spencer, got his working papers at the age of 14 years years old in 1913. He was a good student but more school was not … Continue reading →
Family Reunion 2021
It’s that time of year for the 2021 reunion of the Descendants of Henry Clay Spencer and Amanda Jane Dunn from Burlington Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The reunion report is a 12 MB PDF with about 200 pages of material describing … Continue reading →
Store Credit in a Small Town
Store credit in a small town did exist before the rise of plastic credit cards. Many small stores where I grew up offered a ‘club’ to help budget and save for future purchases.
Continue reading →Updated Jerry Shay’s Work Journal
I updated great-grandpa Jerry Shay’s work journal notes and transcribed all of the pages. It was a big effort but well worth it.
Continue reading →My Facebook family group pages
My Facebook family group pages provide a place for me to share stories about ancestors and relatives with my many cousins on a site they use every day. I was a little nervous about creating a page at first because … Continue reading →
The Deely Hypothesis
Where was Michael Deely (or Daly) of Limerick, Ireland and father of James Martin Daly (1850-1927) born?
Continue reading →Ancestor Table Charts
I created an ancestor table in Excel for quick reference but I can’t leave well-enough alone so it now has several tabs to help me look at my ancestors in different ways.
Continue reading →Where is the Coleman Snook Farm?
In my post, The Really Old Man, I mentioned the Coleman Snook Farm as possible location for the Matthew Williams farm. I’m not sure where it is though. A cousin thinks the Coleman Snook Farm is on the present-day Sussex County … Continue reading →
Finding Children
Finding children for your ancestors – all of their children – is an important part of telling their story. I don’t just look for my direct-line ancestor and ignore the rest; that approach doesn’t explain why they made the decisions … Continue reading →