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My Loafer Follow-Up

I was happily informed the other day by my dear friend Sue that one of my blog articles was used as a citation in a recent Crossroads article.  The article was Reconstructing a Life from Biographical Fragments: Oliver Dresser, Who

Jill M. March 6, 2020March 6, 2020 Archer family, census, family history, genealogy, history, medical, mysteries, old records, research, Uncategorized, Wickham Read more

A Small Stewart Mystery Solved

The Stewarts have been chock full of roadblocks in what feels like forever. They are the bane of my genealogy work. Recently, I was able to finally break through one of my Stewart family brick walls and discovered the ending to my 4th great aunt’s story.

Jill M. April 20, 2019April 20, 2019 census, family history, genealogy, mysteries, newspaper clippings, old records, research, Stewart, Stewart family, Uncategorized Read more

Confirming Family Stories

I have written previously about my Archer family many times and I positively love them.  I think everyone has certain families in their tree that they are just fascinated with and the Archers are one of those families that I’m

Jill M. May 12, 2017October 6, 2017 Archer family, family history, genealogy, history, old records, research, Wickham Read more

Got a Loafer in Your Tree?

While researching my great-grandfather Jesse Archer, I found the 1870 Federal Census and got a bit of a giggle at his occupation that was listed as “loafer”.  I mean, I’ve read about several silly occupations on the censuses but I’d

Jill M. April 10, 2016October 6, 2017 Archer family, census, genealogy, history, mysteries, newspaper clippings, Uncategorized, Wickham Read more

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