Category Archives: Personal Research

Weekly column sharing birth, marriage, and death events for people in my family tree.

Weekly column sharing birth, marriage, and death events for people in my family tree.

Weekly column sharing birth, marriage, and death events for people in my family tree.

John Ward McMAHON, my great-grandfather, was apparently a temporary member of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves in 1945 and possibly participated in World War II.  Below is a Certificate of Enrollment as a Temporary Member of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, dated 27 July 1945.

Weekly column sharing birth, marriage, and death events for people in my family tree.

This appears to be a dues receipt for my great-granduncle, James Norton GARRISON.  Looks like he belonged to the Knights of Pythias.

Weekly column sharing birth, marriage, and death events for people in my family tree.

This is a baptism certificate for my great-grandfather, Emil Charles MILLER.  The document is 120 years old and is in written in German.