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What are “vital records”?

chanur.com Posted on January 11, 2023 by chanurJanuary 21, 2023

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.

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Working Papers

chanur.com Posted on April 18, 2022 by chanurApril 18, 2022

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 →

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Family Reunion 2021

chanur.com Posted on August 14, 2021 by chanurNovember 27, 2022

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 →

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Store Credit in a Small Town

chanur.com Posted on July 15, 2021 by chanurJanuary 21, 2023

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.

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Updated Jerry Shay’s Work Journal

chanur.com Posted on April 16, 2021 by chanurJanuary 21, 2023

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.

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My Facebook family group pages

chanur.com Posted on August 27, 2020 by chanurSeptember 5, 2020

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 →

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The Deely Hypothesis

chanur.com Posted on September 3, 2019 by Mark DalyJanuary 21, 2023

Where was Michael Deely (or Daly) of Limerick, Ireland and father of James Martin Daly (1850-1927) born?

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Ancestor Table Charts

chanur.com Posted on August 1, 2018 by chanurMay 17, 2021

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.

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Where is the Coleman Snook Farm?

chanur.com Posted on January 13, 2018 by chanurJuly 20, 2021

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 →

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Finding Children

chanur.com Posted on June 2, 2017 by chanurJanuary 29, 2023

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 →

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