Over the years I have written a number of posts that included the use of somewhat unusual sources for some of my information. I haven’t always highlighted the unusual source but more often just wrote about an ancestor or a …
Somewhat Unusual Sources and Why I Think We Should Use Them – 52 Ancestors # 38 Read more »
I grew up with a mother whose birthday was the day before mine. It was always just one of those things, and in a family of 5 children very close in age one of the things that made me feel …
Since Labor Day was just celebrated in the U.S., work is the topic for the week. It seems appropriate to feature my father-in-law for this post. Izzy Greenberg was, for most of his working life, a labor lawyer. Although he …
Isadore Greenberg (1907-1985), Labor Lawyer – 52 Ancestors # 36 Read more »
Although I started school in Illinois (Decatur), halfway through my first grade school year the family moved back to Lebanon, Indiana and that is where I have memories of school. My sister and I have reminisced about the Decatur school, …
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There are a variety of non-population census schedules, some of which are accessible online these days (and some have actually been available for more than ten years). I think the first one I ran across was the mortality schedule for …
The Mortality Schedule, a Non-Population Census – 52 Ancestors # 34 Read more »