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Fulton, New York, Historical Newspapers Online
If you can live with the fact that this was created in Adobe Flash and features unwanted music on the home page, Thomas Tryniski maintains the Fulton New York Historical Newspaper Pages featuring what it claims to be over 15,377,000 … Continue reading
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Tagged fulton, new york, newspapers, old newspapers, research, resources
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Hereditary Societies: The Benefits of Membership and Research
Lineage Societies – the Well-Known, the Obscure, How to Apply Successfully by Carolyn L. Barkley, Ancestry.com’s Ten Reasons to Join an Ethnic Society, and Mary Ames Mitchell’s article on Joining Hereditary Societies are exceptionally helpful starting points for identifying the … Continue reading
Tracing the Wisconsin & Northwestern Railroad History to Taylor Rapids
The Knapp Family of Taylor Rapids, Wisconsin, lived for a long time in a log cabin they’d built called Ruby Shack that sat along the rail line that stopped about a mile or two east in the former logging camps … Continue reading
Defining Home
In the television episode of Who Do You Think You Are? with Steve Buscemi, he shares his feelings about his past, saying, “I’m from the country of Brooklyn.” He really thought of himself as from Brooklyn, New York, so digging … Continue reading
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Tagged family, family history, family history research, genealogy research, history, home, research
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Missouri and Norwegian Lutheran Church Synod in Wisconsin 1845 – 1900s
When Hans Anderson (1844-1924) was about seven years old, he and his family immigrated from Fredriksvern, Norway, to Manitowoc, Wisconsin, as part of the Norway Lutheran Church movement to North America. The family became part of the Missouri Lutheran Church … Continue reading
Charles H. Elwell, License to Master of Steam and Motor Vessels
Charles H. Elwell was well-known as a tug boat captain of the Skagit Chief and other boats around Puget Sound. Among the historical family archives of his descendant, Keral Ellingsworth, she shared the certificate from Seattle’s US Department of Commerce … Continue reading
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Tagged captain, charles h elwell, elwell, knapp, pacific northwest, puget sound, seattle, ship, skagit chief, tug boat
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Everett and Snohomish County, Washington, Research Resources
As I dig into the more recent history of my family, Snohomish County and Everett, Washington, and the surrounding areas played a huge part not just in my life, education, and culture, but also to several branches of my family, … Continue reading
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Tagged anderson, everett, everett history, family research, knapp, washington, washington history, wayne knapp, west
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Obituary: Gladys Anderson of Lessor, Wisconsin
Gladys Anderson was the daughter of Antone Anderson and Lilly (Peterson) Anderson, niece of Johan (John/Jack) and Helena (Blickfeldt) Anderson, and granddaughter of Hans Anderson and Sigrid (Olson) Anderson of Norway, and great-granddaughter of Andrias Anderson, the first Anderson immigrant … Continue reading
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Tagged anderson, anton anderson, death, gladys anderson, lessor, obit, shawano, wisconsin
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Finding the Citizenship Documents for Andrias Anderson
It’s a moment you never forget. Unfortunately, it will only be preserved in our memory as the Michigan National Archives in Green Bay, Wisconsin, would not permit cameras. Decades spent guessing at our family tree, my mother sat in the … Continue reading
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Tagged anderson, andres anderson, andrias anderson, citizenship, green bay, immigrant, manitowoc, michigan national archives, norway, sweden, wisconson
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