The following are the Recently added and updated collections at ancestry.com.au this week UPDATED New Orleans, Louisiana, Marriage Records Index, 1831-1964 27/06/2016 UPDATED Arizona, School Census Records, 1910-1917 27/06/2016 Saarland, Germany, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1798-1875 24/06/2016 Rhineland, Prussia, Selected Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1568-1945 24/06/2016 Germany, Lutheran Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1564-1938 23/06/2016 Lübeck, Germany, Houselists, 1284-1600… Continue reading Ancestry updates 30 Jun 2016
Month: June 2016
Latest research – Samuel Stevens
This week, I decided to check the record hints at FindMyPast, and found a number of hints for the death of Samuel Stevens. Samuel Stevens married Mary Bell Harley, who was the sister of my great grandfather Alexander Alexander Harley. I had found the death entry for Mary Bell, but the name Samuel Stevens is… Continue reading Latest research – Samuel Stevens
Trove Tuesday – Dies after struck by football
For this week’s Trove Tuesday, I am sharing articles about the death of Frank Atkinson Gordon, who died after being struck by a football. Frank Atkinson Gordon was the son of Frank Howard Gordon and Annie Atkinson. Frank Howard Gordon was the son of Andrew Gordon and Eliza Whimpey. Eliza was the daughter of… Continue reading Trove Tuesday – Dies after struck by football
FamilySearch updates 28 Jun 2016
The following are the New and Updated collections at FamilySearch this week. Missouri, Civil Marriages, 1820-1874 27 Jun 2016 Indiana, Civil Marriages, 1828-1957 27 Jun 2016 Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944 27 Jun 2016 Denmark, Copenhagen City, Civil Marriages, 1739-1964, Index 1877-1964 27 Jun 2016 South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972 24 Jun 2016 South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed… Continue reading FamilySearch updates 28 Jun 2016
Sunday Afternoon Genealogy Fun – Where Were Your Ancestors 150 years ago?
Each week on Randy Seaver’s Genea-musings blog he has a post for Saturday night Genealogy fun. Because of the time difference, I have called my series Sunday Afternoon Genealogy Fun. This week, the mission was: 1) Determine where your ancestral families were on 25 June 1866 - 150 years ago. 2) List your ancestors, their family members, their… Continue reading Sunday Afternoon Genealogy Fun – Where Were Your Ancestors 150 years ago?
Surname Saturday – Prain
The first person in my tree with this surname was Isobel Prain. My ancestral line is: 1 Lois Whimpey 2 Ivon Walter Whimpey (1923-2009) 3 Edith Jean Marr (1922-1990) 4 John Ernest Whimpey (1884-1960) 5 Ivy May Harley (1890-1959) 10 Alexander Alexander Harley (1866-1939) 11 Henrietta Louisa Russell (1865-1949) 20 Robert Harley (1817-1891) 21 Euphemia… Continue reading Surname Saturday – Prain
FindMyPast Fridays 24 Jun 2016
The following are the collections featured in this week’s FindMyPast Fridays Northumberland & Durham Baptisms Irish Newspapers Prisoners of War 1715-1945 Prisoners of War 1715-1945 Browse PERSI Monthly Image Update NYG&B Quarterly Update Arizona deaths
Ancestry updates 23 Jun 2016
The following are the Recently added and updated collections at ancestry.com.au this week Web: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Death Index, 1992-2012 21/06/2016 North Carolina, Land Grant Files, 1693-1960 21/06/2016 Web: U.S., Marine Corps Casualty Indexes, 1940-1958 21/06/2016 Web: Hibbing, Minnesota, Arrest Record Index, 1900-1939 16/06/2016 UPDATED U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012 16/06/2016 Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, Honeymoon and Visitor Registers,… Continue reading Ancestry updates 23 Jun 2016
James Isaac Campkin
My Heritage recently announced that it would be removing the NewspaperArchive.com collection from their website, as the contract had expired. I therefore decided to go through my Record Matches for this collection. I didn’t manage to do very much research before the collection was removed yesterday, but I have decided to share a couple of… Continue reading James Isaac Campkin
Trove Tuesday – Robert Albert Stephens
Trove Tuesday, I am featuring the drowning death of Robert Alfred Stephens. Robert was the son of Charles Stephens and Dora Ethel Woodward. Charles was the son of William Stephens and Susannah Campkin. I’m descended from Susannah’s son George Oliver, by her first marriage to Frederick Oliver. I was sent a family group sheet from… Continue reading Trove Tuesday – Robert Albert Stephens
