Michael John Neill
Genealogy Blog Update Bonus! 2 August 2015

...last free issue--distribution list being culled

HIGHLIGHTS SINCE LAST TIME: 
 
 Three Johann Michaels in One Record-and a New Ancestor for Me!
Three different males with the same name in the same record. 

Was There Really a Johann to Take?
 What really was Johann Michael Trautvetter's first name? 

 A 1942 Mortgage that Wasn't
It was in the mortgage book, but it certainly was not a mortgage--three generations of family history.

War of 1812 Pensions on Fold3.com
War of 1812 pensions are online (in progress) at Fold3.com.

Actually we still don't have an answer to what this is. Do you know?.

Here's a 1940 occupation you don't see every day.


SINCE LAST TIME--all week's tips:
Check out all the tips on the Genealogy Tip of the Day blog. All tips are from actual research, freshly written, including the occasional typo ;-)
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Citation of the Week
 An SSDI Entry with no Social Security Number

Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index,1935-2014," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 July 2015), entry for Dorothy Habben Ufkes, 12 April 1924 - 9 September 2008.

 
Distribution List Being Culled
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Casefile Clues
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They Wrote that How?
Does this look like the Arrington Gibson to you? It's an unusual first name--taken from one of his ancestral surnames: Harrington
Picture of the Week
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August 2015 Trip to 
Ft. Wayne, Indiana's
Allen County Public Library

Join Michael for three research  filled days at the Midwest's largest genealogical library. Details on our blog.
F is for...
feme covert. A married woman whose legal rights are absorbed by those of her husband.