Category Archives: Newspaper Research
Wedding Chapel Wednesday: Burke Caughell Wedding Announcement
I found this bit of news in the 26 Jan 1930 Oakland Tribune: It describes the wedding of my Grandmother’s cousin, Genevieve Burke, to Hugh Caughell. Genevieve was the daughter of John “Jack” Burke and Gertrude Jones (Gertrude was my Great Grandmother’s Sister). The wedding took place in the home of Hugh Caughell’s parents on …
Hawaiian Newspapers In Digital Collection
The Chronicling America digital newspaper collection at the Library of Congress website has several newspapers that will interest those researching in Hawaii. Austin’s Hawaiian Weekly – covering 1899-1900 The Daily Bulletin – covering 1882-1895 The Daily Herald – covering 1886-1887 Daily Honolulu Press – covering 1885-1886 The Democrat – covering 1910 The Evening Bulletin – …
That’s Old News: Who Names Their Son Benjamin Franklin?
That’s the question I had to answer. One of my distant cousins, Catherine McSweegan, daughter of Thomas McSweegan and Catherine Kelly, married a man named B.F. Baddeley. That “B.F.” drove me crazy. What did it stand for? I researched different records to see if I could uproot his first and middle name. I eventually found …