Tag Archives: Theme: Genealogy By the States

This week I thought I’d talk about the Kansas state censuses since they can be extremely helpful for researchers.  This post will only cover the state censuses (not the territorial) that occurred in the years 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, and 1925.  Not only […]

Most of my relatives who came from Luxembourg and ended up in Aurora, Kane, Illinois, remained there (many to this day).  There is one, however, who left Aurora and moved to Portland, Oregon.  I have no idea why he moved there, and so far, just […]

I don’t do much research for Minnesota, although I do have some very distant cousins who have lived there at one time or another.  Instead of working on those distant families, I wanted to see what types of online collections were available.  For those with […]

I actually have a lot of family who left the Midwest for California.  Most settled somewhere in Southern California, and while some have passed on, many still live there today. Some of the best resources I’ve found for working with these California folks are the […]

One of my connections to Wisconsin is through my Müller family from Chicago.  After my second great-grandparents, Emil Müller and Hulda Wach divorced, Hulda married John Severing and removed to Harvard, Illinois, which is about five miles from the Wisconsin / Illinois border.  Emil and […]

I don’t have any direct ancestors who participated in the Civil War.  The closest I come is the first husband of my third great-grandmother, Sarah Norton (Webster) Coffinger Mulligan.  Before Sarah married my third great-grandfather, James Mulligan, she was married to Abram Coffinger. Abram, Sarah, […]

Unfortunately I don’t have much connection to Arkansas.  If you have Arkansas heritage, I encourage you to visit the following websites: Arkansas History Commission & State Archives – The state archives has a ton of resources housed at their facility. Arkansas Historical Association – Has […]

I really don’t do much research in the state of Missouri, although I wish I had more relatives to research because records are pretty accessible.  In preparation of this post, I checked my database to see what families were associated with Missouri, and as I […]