Week 12: Loss: Fire Devastates the Hawley Family

Not once, but twice the William Hawley family was devastated by fire. The logging industry was a primary industry in Northern Michigan in the late 1800s and early 1900s. William Hawley’s family was no exception. William moved his family from upstate New York to Long Rapids Township, Alpena County, Michigan…

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Week 7: Unusual Source: The Postmaster

The source I chose to talk about this week for the 52 ancestors in 52 weeks theme of “Unusual Source” is called “U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971”. These records can be found in more than one repository, I found these records on Ancestry.com. I’m not sure if this is…

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Week 3: People with a Presidential Namesake in my Family Tree

Children are often named after their parents, grandparents, close family, or friends. I’ve even seen children given a name based on the location of their birth. One trend that I noticed in my family tree was naming children after United States presidents. Have you noticed this in your family tree?…

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Research Like a Pro: Research Planning

I mentioned in earlier blog posts that I had signed up for the Research Like a Pro e-Course created by Diana Elder, AG and Nicole Dyer from FamilyLocket.com.

In the first three lessons, I created a research objective, analyzed existing sources by creating a timeline, and created a locality guide for Steuben County, New York.

In this lesson, we start bringing everything together that we have done in all previous lessons. For me, this step in the process was when I started to see all my hard work from the previous lessons really pay off. I felt that I knew what I was looking for and felt great about the direction I was moving with my research.

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Research Like a Pro: Locality Research

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