Tag Archives: Theme: Genealogy By the States

Yesterday’s post on Hawaii concludes my Genealogy by the States series, having covered all 50 states.  The Genealogy By the States was a theme created by Jim Sanders over at the Hidden Genealogy Nuggets blog.  While Jim decided to cover 52 weeks of the year by including DC and other US territories, I decided only to cover the 50 states. My posts range from informational/educational to personal research stories.  An alphabetical list of all 50 posts is included below.

Absolutely no one in my genealogy database is associated with Hawaii.  Despite this fact, I always bookmark resources that may come in handy someday, even for places I don’t typically research.  Hawaii being one of those, you can check out the websites I have found through my Hawaii Genealogy list at Diigo. Genealogy By the States is a theme created by Jim Sanders over at the Hidden Genealogy Nuggets blog.

Not much in the way of Alaskan genealogy for me.  I supposedly have a cousin who worked on the Alaskan pipeline in the 1930s, but I haven’t been able to prove this, primarily due to a lack of time for researching.  But I have found a variety of websites related to Alaska that may be of interest to those with Alaskan roots.  You can check them out on my Alaska Genealogy list through Diigo. Genealogy By the States is a theme created by Jim Sanders over at the Hidden Genealogy […]

I don’t do a lot of research in Arizona, but I do have some family members who relocated there later in their lives.  I knew that my second great-grandfather, Herman Leppin, died in Phoenix, but I didn’t have an exact date or death record.  Fortunately, several years ago, the Arizona Department of Health has digitized and made available online, death certificates from 1861 to 1962 (as well as birth certificates from 1855-1937). So back in 2010, I was able to obtain the death certificate for Herman through this website. Every […]

Not too much in the way of family in New Mexico.  I have traveled through New Mexico a few times, staying in Tocumcari twice on said travels.  My husband’s grandfather died in New Mexico, the details of which I know nothing about. Other than that, the only thing I can think of involves three other states.  That’s right, the four corners of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado.  Below is my grandfather occupying all four states at one time.  I guess you can be in two (or three, or four) […]

I would like to use this opportunity to thank the many volunteers who participate in the USGenWeb project.  While many of the GenWeb sites have helped me in several ways, one in particular stands out in my memory. I stumbled across a key piece of my research during a Google search for an Iowa ancestor.  At the top of the list was a link for newspaper transcriptions for Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.  This page was part of the Oklahoma Archives Project, a USGenWeb Archives Project.

I actually have several very distant cousins who made their way to Utah, many of them ending up in the Salt Lake City area.  Because they are very distant, I don’t spend much time on them these days.  But, if I did have some time, I know of two websites I would hit up immediately for some information:  FamilySearch and Utah Digital Newspapers.

Nearly everyone in my database with a location that “contained” Wyoming hailed from Wyoming County, New York…not quite the Wyoming I was looking for.  Since I don’t really have anyone tied to the state, I thought I’d provide a list of resources I’m aware of that might be helpful to others.  If you know of others, please share them in the comments of this post. Wyoming Memory Wyoming State Archives Wyoming State Library Wyoming State Historical Society Wyoming Newspaper Project Wyoming GenWeb Wyoming @ FamilySearch Wiki Genealogy By the States […]