It’s Constitution Day
On September 17, 1787 the final draft of the United States Constitution was signed in Philadelphia. …
Miscellaneous
Lucy Barry Dalton O’Shaughnessy
I’ve been having great fun the last couple of weeks corresponding with someone who is interested …
Labor Day
On this holiday we celebrate the American worker and his or her contribution to our American …
September Genealogy To-Do List
Research * Source all O’Shaughnessy findings so I can look at what I know and be …
Another Ruie’s Story
The following is an excerpt from the transcription of an interview between my mother and Ruhama …
Who is Morris Kessler–the 1940 Census Strikes Again?
If I had known that the 1940 census would be this interesting I would have started …
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You Found What? You Found it Where??
I was happily listening to a Genealogy Guys podcast as I drove to work the other …
Something New in the 1940 Census
Now that the 1940 census is more or less fully indexed I took a lazy woman’s …
August Genealogy To-Do List
Research * Enter/source all documents received from FHL * Continue to search for and correspond with …
The Impossible Meeting
How did you meet your spouse/sweetheart? How did your siblings or friends meet theirs? Most people …