Category Archives: Newspaper Research
I Found John Dolan’s Obituary
If you heard a heavy sigh awhile ago, that was me. I have been researching a prospective Dolan family for a couple of years now to see if the father might be my “Unknown Dolan”, brother to Patrick, Catherine, Margaret, and Bridget. Tonight I got my answer and it wasn’t good. I have a trial …
Introducing Nellie, I mean Helen, no wait…Lottie!
It really bothered me yesterday that I couldn’t find anything on John C. Jones’ daughter, Nellie. Where could she have gone to? Was she another relative who fell off the face of the Earth? I wasn’t about to give up so easily. Thursday morning I went back to the San Francisco Call Newspaper Index. In …
Details about John C. Jones’ Death
I don’t know why, but I get emotionally attached to the people I research. As their story unfolds, I feel like I’m getting to know them. I continued researching John C. Jones (now known as John Charles Jones). Something intrigued me on his mortuary record. It stated that he died of gas asphyxiation. My first …