Archive for February, 2008

Technology

I’m pretty sure that I’ve been able to get into genealogy at the best time. Nine years ago, when my mother began this research, she wrote to a lot of people, she visited a few of the local historical societies, she talked to the living relatives and she managed to work out a decent pictures [...]

Siblings Marrying Siblings!

I was very fortunate when I began my family genealogy — my mother had done work on her own lines a few years ago for a project in college and had completed a lot of the ground work, particularly on her maternal line for her mother Beatrice TRAINER (1938-2006). She had already gathered a great [...]

Edmund Priest

Edmund Hewitt Priest Born: abt 1850 in , Mother: Father: Death: Marriage on 25 Jan 1872 in , , , Children Lizzey Priest in 1873 George Priest in 1874 Daniel Priest in Dec 1875 on 25 Oct 1878 Louis C Priest in Jun 1882 Census 1880: , , , 1900: , , , 1910: , [...]

Margaret B Krips

Margaret B Krips Born: 14 Jan 1858 in , Mother: Father: Death: 4 Dec 1927 in , , , Burial: New Camden Cemetery, , , , Marriage on 26 Jun 1875 in , , , Children on 8 Oct 1875 Mary L Hammell on 16 Jul 1878 Mary E Hammell on 14 Aug 1881 Lois [...]

Germaine Smith Hammell

Germaine (German) Smith Hammell Born: 15 Sep 1854 in , , , Mother: Father: Death: 16 Apr 1925 in , , , Burial: New Camden Cemetery, , , , Marriage on 26 Jun 1875 in , , , Children on 8 Oct 1875 Mary L Hammell on 16 Jul 1878 Mary E Hammell on 14 [...]

On The Road to Organization

My Trenton trip was just about a success. I came home with about eighteen documents and found almost all of the records I went there to search for. A few marriage records still remain elusive and I’ve just about given up hope of finding some of them in the state archives. I’ll have to pay [...]

Preparing For A Trip

I’m kind of excited to be writing this post because it’s the first real post since beginning my blog six weeks ago. I’ve been working on adding all my ancestors to the blog archives and while I’m nowhere near completed, I’m far enough through to start concentrating on other aspects of the blog. This Friday, [...]

Anna F Wright

Anna F Wright Born: 5 Dec 1847 Mother: Father: Death: 2 Nov 1936 in , , , Burial: 4 Nov 1936 at Deerfield Presbyterian Cemetery, , , , Marriage on 25 Mar 1869 in , , , Children on 11 Oct 1872 Mattie P Ware abt 1876 Harry P Ware in 1877 Census 1850: Upper [...]

David Henry Ware

David Henry Ware Born: 24 Aug 1844 Mother: Father: Death: 5 Jun 1914 in , , . Burial: 12 Jun 1914 at Deerfield Presbyterian Cemetery, , , . Military: First Sergeant in the 48th New York Infantry, New York  1861-1865 Marriage on 25 Mar 1869 in , , , Children on 11 Oct 1872 Mattie [...]

Mary Bowen

Mary Bowen Born: 18 Mar 1854 in Greenwich, , , Mother: Father: Death: 9 Apr 1931 in Shiloh, , , Burial: 13 Apr 1931 at Cohansey Baptist Cemetery, , , , Marriage abt 1875 Children Harry F Smick abt 1876 Edward Smick abt 1879 abt Nov 1883 Census 1860: Greenwich, , , 1880: Quinton, , [...]