Correcting Entries on Ancestry

On Tuesday, I posted Bingo! (and a few lessons learned).  The long and the short is that I finally found my grandfather in the 1930 census.  He was indexed as Jack Isbill, when in actuality it should have been Jack Cahill. I submitted corrections to […]

RAOGK Abound

There are some many wonderful people out there willing to help others in the genealogy research.  Between Facebook and blogging, I’ve met many of those wonderful people, and it’s a pleasure to know them. Just in the last few days, I’ve experienced RAOGK (Random Acts […]

Saturday in the Attic – 02/21/09

This is a newspaper clipping that I found in the Webster family Bible a few weeks ago.  I have no idea what paper it came from (likely something in or around Pontiac, Michigan) nor when, as I have no idea when he died.  I am […]

Weekly Genealogy Blogging Prompt #7

Prompt – Share your holiday traditions. How did you spend the 4th of July? Did the fire truck ever come to your house on Thanksgiving? Share your memories of all holidays, not just the December ones.

Weekly Genealogy Blogging Prompt #6

Prompt – Let readers in to your kitchen. Discuss your family’s favorite foods. What was a typical Sunday dinner in your childhood house? What did grandma make that had you coming back for more? Were there any dishes that the dog wouldn’t even eat?

Orphan Photo #6

This postcard photo was rescued from the Antique Mall in El Paso, Illinois, by me, on 05 October 2008.

An Unexpected Find

Sometimes you find things when you’re not looking for them.  I haven’t had that experience in a while, so it was a huge and welcomed surprise when it happened.

Bingo! (and a few lessons learned)

The Bingo For a while now, I have been trying to find my grandfather in the 1930 census.  It’s a weird situation, that goes a little something like this: My grandfather, John F “Jack” CAHILL was born in 1922.  He had an older brother Raymond, […]