tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49706929922514255882024-02-20T15:23:44.543-06:00Finding Familymy genealogy journey, plus some tips and linksSusan McConvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471598993707272599noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970692992251425588.post-60610834650975758802011-05-15T09:54:00.000-05:002011-05-15T09:54:00.555-05:00PetoskeySomething completely random: a link to an article about Petoskey MI where we might go on vacation. <br />
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/t-magazine/23talk-michigan-t.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/t-magazine/23talk-michigan-t.html</a>Susan McConvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471598993707272599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970692992251425588.post-16482683434169548142011-04-11T12:07:00.000-05:002016-03-06T15:36:17.641-06:00Jeremiah Quill - Civil War SoldierMy great great grandfather Jeremiah Quill enlisted in the Union Army, Company F Eighty-first Regiment, Pennsylvania on October 27, 1861. He was married with 3 young children and living in Philadelphia at the time. Over on the side of this page is a link to Jeremiah's Military Page in Ancestry.com.<br />
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I have a copy of his Civil War Pension file. Jeremiah fought at Harper's Ferry and in the battle of Fredericksburg, two pretty famous places when you think of the Civil War. He was wounded twice and after the second injury served in the Pennsylvania volunteers. He missed being present at muster more than once and it was not until he applied for his Civil War pension in 1888 that he received his honorable discharge from the Army. The pension file consists of some medical records documenting his injuries, many pension disbursement cards, and affidavits by Jeremiah and neighbors describing his injuries and the circumstances he found himself in. Jeremiah signed his affidavits so I have his signature which is pretty cool..<br />
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The pension file also contained copies of Jeremiah's marriage and death certificates. His widow Hannah, my great great grandmother, applied for pension benefits after his death. It was a bonus to find the marriage certificate. That provided the date and place of marriage and Hannah's maiden name.<br />
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What the pension file did not tell me was where in Ireland Jeremiah came from, when he came to the United States or if he had any relatives other than his immediate family. From the information in the affidavits given by several of Jeremiah's neighbors in Philadelphia the family was alone and destitute. When one of the children died the neighbors provided the funds to bury the wee one. These same neighbors also gave the family money to travel to Ohio so Jeremiah could recover from his injuries in the 'fresh air.'<br />
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After the war Jeremiah and his family moved west to Ohio, where they resided for the 1870 census. From Ohio they went to Muscatine, Iowa and then on to St. Paul, Minnesota where where they are recorded in the 1880 US census. Jeremiah and Hannah are buried in St. Paul, along with several of their children.Susan McConvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471598993707272599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970692992251425588.post-30691168107013025802011-03-14T11:26:00.000-05:002011-03-14T11:26:09.846-05:00Time fliesI cannot believe I never did a post in the entire month of February. It might be the shortest month, but it was a busy one genealogywise. 2 genealogy society meetings, plus a great conference put on by the DuPage County GS kept me busy. <br />
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The best part of February was making a new family connection with a woman who is in one of my genealogy groups. She in turn introduced me to her cousin. It was through these two that I found out about some Swedish records that had just become available through Ancestry. So why no posting in Feb to talk about my great new find? I was so busy going through the Swedish church records I had no time to blog, or do much of anything else.<br />
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It was so exciting to find all these wonderful birth, death, marriage and household examination records going back years and years. The whole deluge of new family members was thrilling, AT FIRST. Then I became just overwhelmed with the sheer number of records and people. What was the best way to search through all this stuff?<br />
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I finally just stopped and gave myself a couple of days to think about how to handle this deluge. The ancestors weren't going anywhere and I was going crazy trying to keep everything straight. I decided to work on my direct line one family at a time, first the paternal side, then the maternal side. I will search all the records for a family, then begin again with the next family. I will examine the records as I go for other family and make notes on them, but the research will focus on one family at a time.<br />
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Susan Peterson over at <a href="http://longlostrelatives-smp.blogspot.com/2011/03/open-discussion-weekend-ancestor.html">LongLostRelatives</a> had a recent post about Ancestor Overload posted as an Open Discussion. Go over and read it. Some great thoughts and ideas on how to handle AO.Susan McConvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471598993707272599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970692992251425588.post-63668292910267759152011-01-26T14:50:00.008-06:002011-09-01T11:33:08.680-05:00Charles August Smith, Chicago Policeman<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>My grandpa, Charles A. Smith, was nicknamed Cully. He was a police officer for the city of Chicago. His police career ended long before I was born, but I know his limp was the result of an accident he had while on the motorcycle beat. Now I know when it happened thanks to his WWI draft registration card which I found on Ancestry.com. According to the draft reg card he completed on 12 September 1918 Grandpa had a broken right leg (last April) and was using crutches. This nifty resource also has his age, birthdate, address, my grandmother listed as his nearest relative, his build and height listed as medium, and he had blue eyes and brown hair. Also noted is he was a native born U.S. citizen. And it has his signature!<br />
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</tbody></table>I also found his WWII draft reg card on Ancestry.com. By then Grandpa was retired from the police department and was working for Illinois Bell Telephone Co. in the Claims Department. The address on the card is for the apartment on Milwaukee Avenue that I remember well. You could see the parachute drop at Riverview from the back porch. It was a toss up which was better, the coffee cake from Burney Bros. bakery my grandma always had in the pantry or sitting on the back porch swing waiting for the parachute to drop.Susan McConvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471598993707272599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970692992251425588.post-30076569020610389622011-01-12T16:02:00.004-06:002013-03-11T11:03:19.543-05:00Herbst family- another lookIn looking over the online census record from 1850 I found an older couple, with the same last name, right under my g-g grandparents, Henry & Louisa Herbst, (indexed as Hass). Could this be my g-g-g grandparents? This couple, Heinrich and Freidrike are the right age to be Henry's parents, but I cannot find them in the 1860 census, nor do I find them buried in the cemetery where Henry & Louisa are buried.<br />
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I did find a Henry & Fredrike Herbst buried in Monee,Will County in the early 1860's and the birth years seem to jive. Will Co is not too far away but too far to make sense if they were living in Leyden Township. Why would they be buried there? What took them to Will County?<br />
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I have searched the 1860 census for them in Will county and have come up with some other Herbst families. Could there possibly be some brothers of my g-g grandfather? <br />
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When the weather clears up a bit I will get myself down to Monee and see what I can find.Susan McConvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471598993707272599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970692992251425588.post-11277067099968860072011-01-06T15:36:00.003-06:002012-10-25T10:30:48.316-05:00Getting OrganizedSpent some time today going through genealogy files on my PC. There is a folder, Genealogy, with a subfolder for each surname of my great-grandparents. This is where I put all my online discoveries. And where documents, such as birth marriage, death, etc. will go as I scan them. Each surname folder will have a sub-subfolder for scanned photos. <br />
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In my file cabinet are my paper files (folders, again by surname) with a research checklist I created so I know what I have and what needs to be located at a glance.<br />
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The new FamilySearch now has so many records that include images. What a time and money saver! But all these records I am saving need to be saved so I can find them again and that is what prompted today's file cleanup. <br />
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With all the new additions to new FamilySearch I have been finding much information, including naturalization cards from the <i><span style="color: black;">Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950</span>.</i> I have found the entry for my g-g grandfather, Carl/Charles Dettman(n). Since all of my family immigrated before 1880 the immigration records do not have much info, but every little find is helpful.Susan McConvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471598993707272599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970692992251425588.post-36161256829413995302011-01-04T11:51:00.001-06:002011-01-04T11:51:29.696-06:00A Day Early<span style="font-size: small;">It arrived today, a day early actually, <i>Evidence Explained</i>, <i>Second Edition,</i> by Elizabeth Shown Mills. I am very excited! Now I can really get those source citations in shape. What a great beginning to the new year. As a librarian I have always been pretty sticky about creating proper citations, but even MLA, APA, Turabian and Chicago Manual have left me hanging, genealogy wise. So that bowl of popcorn is going to have to wait (probably a good thing) while I spend some time reading my new book.</span>Susan McConvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471598993707272599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970692992251425588.post-25750517743291175142010-09-21T10:28:00.013-05:002011-01-04T11:53:41.338-06:00Tech Tip Tuesday - Footnote.com<span style="font-size: small;">A</span><span style="font-size: small;">t my genealogy group meeting we had a demo of <a href="http://footnote.com/">Footnote.com</a> and were able to coordinate a group purchase at a discounted price. Looked good, so I gave it a try. After doing a bit of searching I did not feel it was something that would benefit me until I discovered the city directories. Wow, what a treasure those are! I have had so much luck finding my ancestors, especially in St. Paul MN. The city directories have helped me to trace my family's movements and I have discovered some new relatives, including my g-g-g grandmother, Mary Harkin Maloney and her daughter Ellen Maloney Hoban (sister of my g-g grandmother). I had assumed (just a thought here, NEVER assume in genealogy) the parents of my g-g- grands had stayed in Ireland. Well, they did not, so now I have some more work to do. YAY!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Check out Footnote.com. There are a lot of good records there. And even without a group discount, the service is reasonably priced.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>I am in no way connected with nor did I receive anything for my endorsement of Footnote.com.</i></span>Susan McConvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471598993707272599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970692992251425588.post-87520236304168284752010-08-04T12:47:00.007-05:002016-03-06T15:30:45.330-06:00Next Generation - On My Mom's Side<span style="font-size: small;"><b>the Irish </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Margaret (Maggie) Quill b 1856 Camden New Jersey d Waite Park MN 1896</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> m. Albert Litzinger in St. Paul MN </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>John Quill - my g-grandfather</b> b 1858 Philadelphia d 1927 Chicago IL</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> m Kate Rochford in St. Paul MN 1880</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thomas Quill b 1861 Philadelphia d 1880 St. Paul MN</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">James Quill b 1863 d1864 Philadelphia</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Mary Quill b 1866 Philadelphia d after 1930 in Oregon</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> m. John McPherson</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> m. Saunders Reid in St. Paul MN</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">James William Quill - b 1868 Philadelphia or Ohio d 1888 St. Paul MN</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mary Rochford b Cohoes New York d.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Catherine/Kate Rochford- my g grandmothe</b>r b 1863 Cohoes NY d 1950 Chicago IL</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> m. John Quill in St. Paul MN 1880 </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">James J. Rochford b New York d 1943 St. Paul MN</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> m. Marie Moosbrugger</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Anne Rochford b New York d 1938 St. Paul MN</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> m. Stephen McEllistrem</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Caroline/Carrie Rochford b New York d. 1915 St. Paul MN</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> m. John Strecker</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b> the Germans</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Henry b 1844 Germany died in the Civil War in Tennessee Jan 1862</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ida Julia - my g grandmother</b> b 1863 in Leyden Twp Cook Co. IL d 1945 Evanston IL</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">and probably of couple of others who died very young</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> m. Ernest Dettman in Chicago</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Emilie b 1852 Germany m. Otto Meyer/Mayer</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Otto b Germany m. Minnie Mialke</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ernst - my g grandfather,</b> b 1863 in Chicago or at sea d 1921 Chicago IL</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> m. Ida Julia Herbst in Chicago </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Charles b Chicago</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">William b Chicago</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Gotthardt b Chicago</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Emma b Chicago</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Clara b Chicago m. Perry Wilburg</span>Susan McConvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471598993707272599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970692992251425588.post-75328078525785925812010-08-04T12:22:00.005-05:002011-01-04T14:41:06.160-06:00Missing Mary<span style="font-size: small;">Mary Quill, sister of my g-grandfather John, and daughter of Jeremiah & Hannah, has been a mystery for the last 6 years. She was born in Philadelphia in 1866, and moved with the family to Ohio where they lived for a undetermined period of time. The family then moved west to St. Paul MN. I have her married name, from an IGI record on FamilySerach.org, and confirmed on the Civil War pension file for her father, but there the trail ended in 1891, no census or death records to be found.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">One day a few weeks ago I decided to search for a Mary McPherson (first husband's name) thinking maybe she married again. I found a marriage between Mary McPherson and Sonders Robert Reid on the FamilySearch website in St. Paul MN. in 1894.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I checked the 1900 census and the family was living in St. Paul MN with children and a border, who just happened to be the 13 year old daughter of Mary Quill's older sister,(who would become my great-aunt Mayme). In addition, Mary's birth place was Pennsylvania and both parents were born in Ireland. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have been able to trace Mary through the census records in 1911(moved to Canada for a time), 1920 & 1930. She did not remarry and lived with her daughters which is what made it easy to keep track of her. In 1930 she lived in Portland Oregon. Next step, get her death certificate and obit if there is one.</span>Susan McConvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471598993707272599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970692992251425588.post-84356232481292767522010-07-09T12:39:00.007-05:002011-12-06T11:21:44.081-06:00G-G Grandparents on my dad's side<span style="font-size: small;">Paternal g-g grandparents - the Swedes and the Danes</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Pedar Bengston married Katerina Johansdatter in Virestad, Kronosberg, Smaland Sweden; both were born in Sweden, as were all their children and the family immigrated to Chicago in the early1870's.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Kjaer - stayed in Denmark, around Holstebro. My dad's first cousin has done a very detailed family history and has graciously shared it all with me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sorenson - stayed in Denmark and like the Kjaer's, cousin Jim has done a wonderful family history on them as well.</span>Susan McConvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471598993707272599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970692992251425588.post-64695773380959196362010-07-06T13:02:00.005-05:002016-03-06T15:30:01.762-06:00G-G Grandparents on my mom's side<span style="font-size: small;">These are my g-g grandparents:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Jeremiah Quill married Hannah McCarty, both born in Ireland; married in 1856 Camden NJ</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">lived in Philadelphia, Ohio and St. Paul MN</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">James S. Rochford married Bridget Maloney, both born in Ireland; married before 1862, place unknown</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">lived in NY state and St. Paul MN </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Heinrich/Henry Herbst married Louisa Lindroth, both born in Germany; married in Germany before 1845 </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">owned a farm in Leyden Twp, Cook Co. IL, an area referred to as Mannheim</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Charles/Carl Dettman married Frederika Bahr, both born in Germany; married in Germany before 1860 </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">owned a grocer shop in Chicago, IL on Lincoln St. (not Lincoln Avenue)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">My Quill's have also been spelled and indexed in various databases as Ouill, Quesal, Quale, Duill and Gill.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Rochford's are listed as Rockford, Rochefort, Rocheford.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Dettman sometimes has one 't' and two 'n's' or one 't' and one 'n' or 2 't's' and 2 'n's'</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Bahr is also listed as Barr.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Lindroth is more of an educated guess than a certainty, all sorts of spellings on that one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have found census records for all of the families above, from their first appearance in the US Census until their deaths. I also have all the death certificates, with the exception of the Herbst's. I have also been to the grave sites for all my maternal g-g grandparents, pretty amazing experience each and every time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The most amazing thing is that I have found these family members at all. When I started all I knew where the first and last names of my great grandparents. As I began to research it was funny how all of a sudden some long buried tidbit would pop into my brain. The death certificate for my grandpa Quill, Thomas J. (we called him Boo) had him born in Chicago. But then while searching for John Quill in FamilySearch.org I found one married in St. Paul MN to a Kate Rochford. Bells went off and I remembered my grandpa talking about St. Paul. Sure enough, my grandpa and 3 of his sisters were all born in St. Paul MN, not Chicago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">A census record for my great grandma Kate's brother listed one of his children named Clementine. Another bolt in the brain sent me looking through a box of photos and there it was, a picture of me with my grandpa's cousin Clemmy at my parents house in 1967.</span>Susan McConvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471598993707272599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970692992251425588.post-74904621270052757952010-07-05T15:29:00.005-05:002016-03-06T15:33:43.358-06:00My Genealogy Story<span style="font-size: small;">I began researching my family in 2002, grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles all long dead. My maternal grandpa, with Irish grandparents, always said the Quill's were from Dingle Bay. My maternal grandma, of German grandparents, taught me to count in German and talked about the farm in Mannheim, in what is now a suburb of Chicago. One day while my dad was visiting I asked him about his family, his Danish and Swedish grandparents. He had 43 first cousins and I sat and scribbled names on a piece of steno paper. Most of those had the last names Johnson and Smith. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">One day at school another teacher who had been working on genealogy for many years showed me the 1920 census online. I typed my great-grandfather's name, John Quill and Chicago and sure enough, there he was, with wife Kate and and couple of my great aunts. I was hooked! Every spare minute I spent online, searching census records and the Family Search website hoping to find more information. That folded up piece of steno paper was still in the address book and that came out and names were typed into any database I could find. I was certain I would find the family trees all ready for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Well, it has been eight years and so far the only family trees I have are the ones I have created from my own research. Some relatives have surfaced along the way and have added wonderful information and even some pictures. But my journey continues into finding the mysteries of my family, Irish, German, Swedish & Danish. Not so much of a melting pot as some families, but a fine mixture never the less.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is where I am going to share my genealogy journey: my family, my research, the successes, frustrations, challenges, research tips, and links.</span>Susan McConvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471598993707272599noreply@blogger.com0