The first stop on our tour is the Genealogical Indexes. The online description says this is an index to marriages, divorces, probates, wills, and citizenship records for 1826 to 1929. As with all Hawaiian collections, this is not a complete index. There are two ways to access these indexes: Browse and Search. Let’s look at…
Category: General Genealogy
Have You Ever Wondered Who’s to Blame for Income Taxes?
Sewell Boutwell was the son of Jonathan Boutwell and Abigail Eames. He was born 5 Jul 1774 in Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Sewell married Rebecca Marshall on the 23rd of Mar 1815. Rebecca was the daughter of Jacob Marshall and Mary Richardson. Sewell and Rebecca had at least 6 children, one of them being George…
Blogging will be light
I must apologize for the lack of blog post the last few days. My Dad was hospitalized on Thursday and they still don’t know what is wrong with him. He has COPD which he has been receiving treatment for. But suddenly, he has no breathing capacity when he stands up. Tuesday he will be transferred…
The Lady Engineer: Olive D. Wetzel Dennis
Another fearless female, though not in my family tree. Olive Wetzel Dennis was a university graduate and became the first female engineer for B&O Railroad. This is her story. Olive D. Wetzel Dennis was born in 20 Nov 1885 (some sources have her born in 1895) and died in 1957. She held degrees in science…
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Happy Dances all over My Blog
Randy’s challenge this week is to list some of the happy dances, a-ha moments, and genea-gasms that we’ve blogged about. Here are a few of mine: My Very First Happy Dance – My very first visit to the local Family History Center had me face to face with my ancestors for the first time when…