Captain Genealogy–Repost
The truth is that I have been too busy with the rest of my life to do any genealogy research or writing, so I am reposting an older piece. I am using this post because, for some unknown reason, I …
Category: Miscellaneous
A Snapshot of Yellow Springs, Ohio in 1940
The first people I wanted to look for in the 1940 census I still haven’t found. A day or so after the release of the 1940 census I went browsing to find my parents. Not so different from searching through …
June Genealogy To-Do
Research * I sent for 5 remaining birth/death records still in the Scheier 2011 folder, from LDS, in May. I am waiting patiently (well, trying to be patient) for their arrival. One death record is potentially my Joseph Scheier, husband …
It’s Not National Eat a Hotdog Day
It’s also not Veteran’s Day, when we honor those who have served their country. It’s Memorial Day. The day we remember those who have died in the service of their country. General John Logan, the Commander-in-chief of the U.S. army, …
Capt. William Blackman, One Mystery Solved
My maternal gggg grandfather is, I think, Captain William Blackman. He was the father of my ggg grandmother, Marinda Blackman who married John Denman in 1819. This “fact” has not yet been satisfactorily documented in my own research, however, the …