AMANUENSIS MONDAY–BIRTH & DEATH DATES FROM MY GRANDMOTHER’S JOURNAL–MAY

What does Amanuensis mean anyway?

To put it simply, it means a “person employed to write what another dictates or copy what has been written by another.”

As many of you know from reading previous posts on my blog, my maternal grandmother left a spiral notebook, which I call her journal.  In it she left recipes, a list of 183 family members and their birth dates and some death dates, a list of anniversaries and other various lists or things that were important to her.  It’s a treasure that I cherish. 

Today I’m going to be transcribing her list of names & dates from May.

For the previous posts transcribing January through April, please click on these links.

Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal - January

Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – February

Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – March

Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal - April

Here is the page from her journal.  This journal was begun when my grandmother, Florence L. Bowden, married my grandfather, Joseph A. Milne, in 1906.  She was just 18 years old at the time.  This journal is very old and falling apart.  I have digitized all the pages and have the original stored in a safe, archival box.

(CLICK ON ANY IMAGE TO ENLARGE IT)

Here is my transcription of this page, with some annotations.  I have indicated the family connection in brackets, even thought it’s not part of the document.  I though you’d like to know who these people are to me.  And, for any cousins out there reading this, maybe you’ll find it helpful.


I’ve added whatever photos I have of the family members named in this list. (See below)


ADDITIONAL NOTE:  I HAVE REDACTED THE BIRTH DATES & FULL NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO I’M AWARE OF, THAT ARE STILL LIVING, FOR THEIR PROTECTION.

May
 Frederick Gillespie May 4  ‘85  died April 2 ‘41  [1st cousin twice removed]
died July 24  ‘26  Edward Donnelly    May 7  ‘82 [husband of 1st cousin twice removed]
Billie Gillespie  May 13  ‘16   [2nd cousin once removed]
Betty     [1st cousin once removed]
* Lenora May Robinson  May 15  ‘32 (see notes below for more info)
*  Mabel Le May Brehmer  May 27  ‘90  (see notes below for more info)
*  Wm. E. Guina  May 9  ‘10
*  Geo. Robson  May ___ 1874  Jan 27  ‘58 (see notes below for more info)
*  Elizabeth Collins  May 15
Raymond G. Morrison  May 25  ‘12  Feb 26  2-11-67 [husband of Aunt]
*  Billie Speh  May 11  ‘39
*  Henry Thomas Platz III  May 7  ‘42  (see notes below for more info)
Andrew Ritchie Thornton   May 1  ‘83  died Dec. 12  ‘43 [1st cousin twice removed]
Joseph   [husband of 2nd cousin once removed]
Lawrence Diebel  May 11  ‘91  died Aug 1  ‘61  [husband of 1st cousin twice removed]
Joe King   May 29  ‘89  [1st cousin twice removed]
Scott      [2nd cousin]
Ed Cornelius  died May 5 ‘81  May 5 ‘25 [step father]
*  Barbara Doworth Gilbertsen 
Everette Roe  May 15     May 19  1916   died Oct 25, 1976 [husband of grand aunt]               died  “   15  ‘59

That’s a total of 20 names.  I am very fortunate to have this kind of list from my grandmother.
I have placed an asterisk *  next to the names I have not yet connected to our family. 
EIGHT of the names are still waiting for me to find their connections.  I have them in my Legacy database as unlinked individuals. 

In the lists from the other 11 months of the year, there are also names that aren’t yet connected.  I keep looking from time to time and link them as I identify them.

HERE ARE THE PICTURES I HAVE FOR THOSE LISTED ABOVE

     
                               BETTY                                                   EVERETT PIERRE ROE (Betty’s father)

    
     RAYMOND G. MORRISON                                                                       JOSEPH EDWARD KING


            JOSEPH “ED” CORNELIUS

NEW INFORMATION

I have taken another look online at all of the unfamiliar names.  It’s been several years since I’ve done this and with so much new information online, I never know what I may find.  It looks like I have several new leads to follow. 

Lenora May Robinson  May 15  ‘32 – I have located Lenora on Ancestry and find her living in Royal Oak,  Michigan (a suburb of Detroit) as a 7 yr. old with Harold and Flora Robinson, her parents and Harold, age 9, a sibling.  I have also located a photo of her on Ancestry that states it is her graduation photo.  This same information states she died in 1978.  There is other information online that I will have to continue to look into.
I still don’t know how she ties into the family.   Here is a link to the photo: Photo of Lenora Robinson

Mabel Le May Brehmer  May 27  ‘90 – I have located several records for Mabel.  A 1910 census has her living with her parents George & Kate Le May in Detroit, Michigan.  Her husband, Roy Brehmer is also in the household.  She is 20 and Roy is 21 and it states they have been married for 3 years and have no children.  This gives me more information and I can now go and look for a marriage record and look on other census records for them. 

Geo. Robson  May ___ 1874  Jan 27  ‘58 – I believe this is the father of the Aubrey Robson seen in the April listings from my grandmother’s journal.  Apparently, friends of my grandmother.  Could they also be related to us?

Henry Thomas Platz III  May 7  ‘42 – I found a birth record for a Henry Thomas Platz born May 7, 1942 in San Diego, CA. (That’s where I live – interesting). Mother’s maiden name KRUG, which is not familiar to me. 

Please contact me if you recognize any of the names with asterisks or if you are related to any of these family members.  I’d love to hear from you.

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

Copyright ©  2014   Diane Gould Hall

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  NO USE WITHOUT PERMISSION

SCOTLAND - ABERDEEN & NORTH-EAST SCOTLAND FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

I recently wrote a post about  HISTORICAL & FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES–GREAT RESOURCES FOR YOUR RESEARCH.  As a follow up to, today, I am writing about a family history society over in Scotland that has many resources and publications to share.  This society is just one example of the reasons to seek out the societies in your area of research.

 

Here is a picture of the outside of the society taken when we visited Scotland this past spring

 

From their website:
“The Aberdeen & North-East Scotland Family History Society exists to assist and promote the study of genealogy and family history based on the North-East corner of Scotland. This area covers the old counties of Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, Kincardineshire and Morayshire.
The Society owns premises in the centre of Aberdeen with a well stocked library and a huge selection of microfilm, microfiche and CD resources.
The Society holds regular meetings throughout the year, covering many topics of interest to family historians. Meetings are held in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Elgin, Glasgow and in the West Midlands of England.”
 
Because of the many ancestors I have from the Aberdeen, Scotland area, I located and joined this society several years ago.  The fee for an annual membership is $25. 
The society also has a Facebook page which you can locate here 
https://www.facebook.com/anesfhs

One of the benefits I spoke of at the beginning of this post are publications.  This particular society has a booklet with over 60 pages of publications for sale. 

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Here is the Table of Contents from this publication booklet. (All pages copied with permission from the society) 

Please note that they have local histories, census indexes, maps and many other wonderful publications.



Here is a sample of publications available just for Monumental Inscriptions (cemeteries).



I had received information from an email inquiry I made to the Aberdeen Family History Society regarding the burial locations for my 2nd great grandparents, Charles Milne and Margaret Ritchie.  They are buried at Aboyne Kirkyard, which is located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.  I knew that I was going to be making a trip to Aberdeen this past spring.  Finding out that I would be able to visit these 2nd great grandparents burial site was wonderful.  

I proceeded to order 3 publications from the society that I felt may contain names of some of my ancestors.  The cost for the publications is pretty minimal .  The ones I ordered were all about 2.50 pounds or about $4, depending on the current conversion rate.

NOTE:  Some of their publications can be ordered as eBooks,  downloaded in PDF format, if that is more convenient for you.  I went to Amazon and typed in “monumental inscriptions” and found these.  I’m not sure what you might find on other sites.
Monumental Inscriptions of Northeast Scotland

Here are the publications I ordered from the society in paper format. 



Here is a page from their publication for The Kirkyard of Aboyne compiled by Sheila M. Spiers.  You can see my 2nd great grandparents, Charles Milne and Margaret Ritchie listed here.



When we went to Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland I was able to visit Aboyne Kirkyard.  In fact, if you look at the top of this blog you will see a picture of that churchyard.  It was a lovely location. 

Before I went to the cemetery I checked on findagrave.com to see if the cemetery had been photographed and/or how many memorials were listed.  At that time there were only 73 interments posted for this cemetery.  So, while I was there, although our time was limited, I took as many photos as I could.  Specifically of surnames I have an interest in, like Milne and Ritchie.  As of today there are 191 interments on findagrave for this cemetery.  Here is a link to the cemetery on the findagrave site Aboyne Kiryard.

And I just have to share the pictures of me at the Kirkyard.  It took me a while to find that little cross headstone.  Charles & Margaret’s names are on the very bottom (second photo).  That’s the smile of a very happy 2nd great granddaughter.  

    

I was really happy to be able to help document a portion of this cemetery on findagrave so that others can find their family members.  What was great about this too was that once I got home and was able to conduct more research based on the photos I took, I connected to several more of the people buried there. 

The bottom line of all this is to take advantage of the resources available at all the historical & family history societies/centers around the country and around the world.  

We all know how fortunate we are to have millions of records online.  However, there are millions more that aren’t online.

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SEMINARS, WEBINARS, SOCIETIES - WILL THEY HELP YOUR RESEARCH? 



Please share your discoveries with me. 

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

Copyright ©  2014   Diane Gould Hall

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  NO USE WITHOUT PERMISSION

HISTORICAL & FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES–GREAT RESOURCES FOR YOUR RESEARCH

DO YOU USE HISTORICAL OR FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES IN YOUR RESEARCH?

Let’s talk about some of the benefits you can derive from these societies.

• Knowledgeable people who work or volunteer at the society.  These people may have lived their whole lives in the area.  They may even have ancestors that knew your ancestors.
• Perhaps they know others with the same surnames you are researching, who still live in the area.  This, of course, is more common in a smaller community.   However, don’t discount the societies in the larger communities.
• They may know where all the cemeteries are in the area.  Even the smaller, hard to find cemeteries on private property.
• Perhaps they can provide maps of specific areas with indications of who owned what property and when?
• They can, in many cases, show you which books or publications they offer that would help you in your particular research.
• They can put you in touch with local historians or other researchers who may know details that they don’t.
• Most historical societies have books or publications right on site.  Take advantage of this.

When I visited Keene, New Hampshire where my husband’s family is from, we visited the Historical Society of Cheshire County.  I found all sorts of information in books and in probate records they had copies of.  The volunteer there was incredibly helpful.

One of the largest historical societies I can think of is the New England Historic Genealogical Society.  This society has been around since 1845 and has a wealth of information at their physical site and on their website.  

Simply use your search engine and type in whatever town, city or county you may be interested in, add the words “historical society” OR “family history society” and see what you can find.  

Here is a link to a site I found by typing this into Google "historical societies in the United States"
http://www.preservationdirectory.com/preservationorganizationsresources/organizationcategories.aspx
 


I selected A and the following screen came up.  When I typed MICHIGAN into the state box I got a list of over 80 societies all over the state. 



I have to admit that I did not know about this website until just now.  It’s very interesting that while I am sharing with you, I am also learning.  

Let’s continue our discovery and type into Google “historical societies in Europe.”  This brought up 13,800,00 results.  Here is a screenshot of a portion of the first page.
(Apologies for the blurry screenshots)



I selected the very first entry which took me to a Wikipedia site.  As I scrolled through the site and selected various items, some were relevant and some were not.  However, when I got to the very bottom of the screen I noticed this:



Doesn’t that first entry look interesting?  I selected it and up came a list of various genealogical & family history societies.  The list is not complete as wikipedia is always a work in progress.  However, what I did was to keep on selecting various links, which then led me to other links.  In doing that I have now learned of many organizations that are new to me. 

You get the general idea.  I don’t know about you, but sometimes I get tunnel vision in my research.  I use the same sites day in and day out.  I mean after all, I have a huge list of bookmarked sites that I’ve saved over the years. Those sites are very useful, but sometimes we need to step back, stop and THINK.   

Where else might I look for information?

Writing this post has given me new ideas and I’m anxious to see what else I can find today.

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FACEBOOK - HOW IT CAN BE VERY USEFUL IN YOUR RESEARCH

Happy hunting,

Copyright ©  2014   Diane Gould Hall

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  NO USE WITHOUT PERMISSION

AMANUENSIS MONDAY - BIRTH & DEATH DATES FROM MY GRANDMOTHER'S JOURNAL - APRIL

What does Amanuensis mean anyway?

To put it simply, it means a “person employed to write what another dictates or copy what has been written by another.”

As many of you know from reading previous posts on my blog, my maternal grandmother left a spiral notebook, which I call her journal.  In it she left recipes, a list of 183 family members and their birth dates and some death dates, a list of anniversaries and other various lists or things that were important to her.  It’s a treasure that I cherish. 

Today I’m going to be transcribing her list of names & dates from April.

For the previous posts transcribing January, February and March please click on these links.

Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal - January

Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – February

Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal - March

Here is the page from her journal.  This journal was begun when my grandmother, Florence L. Bowden, married my grandfather, Joseph A. Milne, in 1906.  She was just 18 years old at the time.  This journal is very old and falling apart.  I have digitized all the pages and have the original stored in a safe, archival box.

(CLICK ON ANY IMAGE TO ENLARGE IT)

Here is my transcription of this page, with some annotations.  I have indicated the family connection in brackets, even thought it’s not part of the document.  I though you’d like to know who these people are to me.  And, for any cousins out there reading this, maybe you’ll find it helpful.


I’ve added whatever photos I have of the family members named in this list. (See below)


ADDITIONAL NOTE:  I HAVE REDACTED THE BIRTH DATES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL LIVING, FOR THEIR PROTECTION.

April 

Bernice Elaine Seigel  April 3 [2nd cousin once removed]
* Eleanor Titus   April 9  
* Jean Hern    April 10 ‘22
Joseph Gillespie   Apr 11 ‘37  died May 26, 1908  [2nd great grandfather]
* Aubrey Hastings Robson  April 11  ‘06   (See note below)
* Robert W. Gillespie   April 4  ‘93
* Helen Cole   April 15  13
died April 9  Jacob Seigel   April 20  ‘49  [husband of great grand aunt]
* Wilson Westervelt  April 28  ‘07  (See note below)
* boy Frederick Hibberlin   April 2  41
* Florence Platz  April 13
Baby Boy Morrison   April 11  42  3:58 – 6:20  [1st cousin who died as infant]
* Linda Jean Wolford   April 18  ‘42 
* Lee Harold Jones  April 19  ‘44  7:30 a.m.
* Aunt Ada’s gr. gr. twins  (Billkings) Joanne April 12  ‘46
                                                         * Carol Anne  April 12  ‘46

That’s a total of 16 names.  I am very fortunate to have this kind of list from my grandmother.

I have placed an asterisk * next to the names I have not yet connected to our family.  
Twelve of the names are still waiting for me to find their connections.  I have them in my Legacy database as unlinked individuals.  That’s quite a lot of unknown names for this month, compared to the previous 3 months I posted about.

In the lists from the other 11 months of the year, there are also names that aren’t yet connected.  I keep looking from time to time and link them as I identify them.

I think that right now before I post this, I’m going to go online and see if I can find anything about those names for whom I have no connection.  I’ll be back in a bit.  

Here are the two people I learned more about:

Aubrey Hastings Robson - I called my 89 year old mother and began asking her questions about the unknown names on the list.  She said that she thinks Aubrey Hastings Robson was the son of one of her mother’s close friends.  It is my mother’s Mom who wrote this journal.

Wilson Westervelt -  I located an SSDI record for Wilson Westervelt and the date of birth is an exact match to what my grandmother has written and he was living in the Detroit area in the 1930 and 1940 census.  And, his last residence was Livonia, Wayne, Michigan (a suburb of Detroit).  How or if he ties into our family I don’t know yet.

        
          Bernice Elaine Seigle sitting in her mother’s lap                                                                  Joseph Gillespie

Photo of Bernice Elaine Seigle and her parents is courtesy of a descendant who graciously shared it with me.  In the photo is Arthur George Seigle, his wife Lida M. Tufts and their daughters Rosemary & Bernice.  I place the photo late 1920’s.

Please contact me if you recognize any of the names with asterisks or if you are related to any of these family members.  I’d love to hear from you.

Until next the next posting.

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

Copyright ©  2014   Diane Gould Hall

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  NO USE WITHOUT PERMISSION

IN HONOR OF GRANDPARENTS DAY

MY PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS
  
                  Harry Whipple Gould 1886-1960                                      Marie Wallace Lindsay 1888-1970

MY MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS

  
                    Joseph Albert Milne 1883-1957                             Florence Lee Nora Bowden  1888-1986

I miss each and every one of them. 

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

Copyright ©  2014   Diane Gould Hall

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  NO USE WITHOUT PERMISSION

ADDING A RECORD TO LEGACY FROM ANCESTRY–Step by step instructions

One of the members of a Facebook group (Technology for Genealogy) I belong to asked a question this morning.  I thought this would be a good topic to share with you.

This group member was switching from Family Tree Maker to Legacy. She asked how we would recommend she save things she found on Ancestry to the Legacy database so that she doesn't lose what she finds.  She has been used to Family Tree Maker and Ancestry syncing all the records. I have written this post in response to her question.  

My primary database is stored in Legacy.  I have a couple of trees on Ancestry.  The “working” tree is private and I use it to share with relatives and to glean any hints that Ancestry might come up with.  The other tree is public, but I don’t have any pictures attached to it.  I still get plenty of contact from new cousins this way.

Back to our topic.  ADDING A RECORD TO LEGACY

Today I have chosen to learn more about Charles Louis KING, the son of my great grandaunt.  At this point I don’t know very much about him or his wife.

Here is a screen shot of what I have at this point.

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Our goal is to try and find every record we can from the time someone is born until their death, by using every method we have learned.

Here is the screen shot showing exactly what facts and events I currently have for Charles L. King.



Now, let’s take a look on Ancestry and see if there is anything new?  Are there any new hints?



NO HINTS!  I don’t let that deter me.  Now I will click on “Search Records” located just under his photo.

As I scroll through the first page of records that come up I see one that could be a match.



The names look like a match (closer than the other names I’ve seen on this list). 

I will click on that record and bring up the page on Ancestry. 



For this exercise, I will add this event to Charles L. King.  I need to find more evidence that this is, in fact, the same Charles L. and Emma M. King. I do know that Charles was widowed and living with his parents in Lexington, Fayette Kentucky in the 1930 census. 

Now I will go to Charles King’s Event/Fact page in Legacy and begin to add this event. (See the events/facts in the screen shot above for Individual’s Information)

1.  Click on the “Add” icon  



2.  In the Add/Edit Event screen use your drop down list to bring up the event/fact you want to record.  If there isn’t an event/fact in the list that meets your needs, then add your own.  If I remember correctly, I had to add the “City Directory Listing” event myself.  I wanted this to be very specific, not just residence or location.

3.  Now fill in the top portion with description, date & place.  Your event screen should now look like this.



4.  Back on the Ancestry page showing the details for this listing I highlight the pertinent data.  I don’t want everything on the page, only the detail.  I roll my mouse over the data from “Name” down to “1921” at the end of the listing.  Your data should now be highlighted as shown below.



5.  Now you can right click with your mouse and choose “copy” or use the shortcut Ctrl C.

6.  Go back to your event/fact screen in Legacy and in the NOTES area for the City Directory Listing, place your cursor and use “paste” or the shortcut Ctrl V.

Your Event will now look like this.



7.  Since there is an image available for this event, I will add that image.  I won’t go into detail here about adding images or sources to Legacy.  They have tutorials on their website and in their CD’s for that.  The image is added just like any other image, by clicking on the little picture frame icon at the top of the event screen.

8.  The next thing I would do is enter the source for this information. 

When you are finished your entry will look like this.



You have entered your event, sourced it and added an image.  This entire process takes less than 5 minutes.  

You perform these same steps for every event, whether it’s a census record, World War I or II registration card or obituary.
 
This creates your timeline for this individual and allows you to review it and see what you might be missing.  In Legacy you can click on “Chronology” and all of these events are listed.

I hope this post was helpful.  Now go add some events.

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Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

Copyright ©  2014   Diane Gould Hall

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  NO USE WITHOUT PERMISSION

AMANUENSIS MONDAY - BIRTH & DEATH DATES FROM MY GRANDMOTHER'S JOURNAL - MARCH

What does Amanuensis mean anyway?

To put it simply, it means a “person employed to write what another dictates or copy what has been written by another.”

As many of you know from reading previous posts on my blog, my maternal grandmother left a spiral notebook, which I call her journal.  In it she left recipes, a list of 183 family members and their birth dates and some death dates, a list of anniversaries and other various lists or things that were important to her.  It’s a treasure that I cherish. 

Today I’m going to be transcribing her list of names & dates from March.

For the previous posts transcribing January & February, please click on these links.

Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal - January

Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – February

Here is the page from her journal.  This journal was begun when my grandmother, Florence L. Bowden, married my grandfather, Joseph A. Milne, in 1906.  She was just 18 years old at the time.  This journal is very old and falling apart.  I have digitized all the pages and have the original stored in a safe, archival box.

Here is my transcription of this page, with some annotations.  I have indicated the family connection in brackets, even thought it’s not part of the document.  I though you’d like to know who these people are to me.  And, for any cousins out there reading this, maybe you’ll find it helpful.

I’ve added whatever photos I have of the family members named in this list. (See below)

ADDITIONAL NOTE:  I HAVE REDACTED THE BIRTH DATES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL LIVING, FOR THEIR PROTECTION.

March

William H. Gillespie  Mar 1   ‘62   died Dec 13, 1912 [great grand uncle]
James Forsyth   Mar 1   ‘64      Feb 1, ‘51  [husband of great grand aunt]
* Harry J. Koehn    Mar 7   ‘85      May 7, ‘52 
Janet Diebel     Mar 9  ‘24 [2nd cousin, once removed]     
Norman Joseph Verney    Mar 8  ‘96  [1st cousin, twice removed] 
Clyde Hunter    Mar 21     died 1901  [great grand uncle]
Ruth Estelle Duncan Hogue   Mar 23  ‘08    8-14-78  [1st cousin, once removed]
* Marion Cole    Mar 26   
George Verney    Mar 30  ‘95    died ‘72  [1st cousin, once removed]
* Jim Scott     Mar 7   ‘88     June 1950  
Beryl Thornton Strouse    Mar 13  1913  [2nd cousin, once removed]
* Margaret – Purcey   Mar 2  1943 
Margaret King   Mar 16  ‘12  [2nd cousin, once removed]
Diane Gould  7lb  6 oz.  11:16 a.m.  (redacted for privacy) [Yours truly]
Rickie Morrison  7 1/2 lbs.  12:15 (redacted for privacy)  [1st cousin] 
Faye Morrison   6 lb 10 oz  10:29 p.m.  19 1/2 in.  (redacted for privacy) [1st cousin, once removed]
Mar 5  Joseph Edward Cornelius   died March 4, ‘81  [step-father]

That’s a total of 17 names.  I am very fortunate to have this kind of list from my grandmother.

I have placed an asterisk * next to the names I have not yet connected to our family.  Four of the names are still waiting for me to find their connections.  I have them in my Legacy database as unlinked individuals.  In the lists from the other 11 months of the year, there are also names that aren’t yet connected.  I keep looking from time to time and link them as I identify them.

         
          Wm. H. Gillespie                                   Ruth Estelle Duncan Hogue                                  Diane Gould Hall
      
                 Rickie Morrison                                          Joseph Edward Cornelius

It’s fun sharing this with all of you and I can’t wait to do it again next week. 

Please contact me if you recognize any of the names with asterisks or if you are related to any of these family members.  I’d love to hear from you.

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Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

Copyright ©  2014   Diane Gould Hall

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  NO USE WITHOUT PERMISSION