Mary L. (Riley) Jackson means very little to my family tree. She isn’t one of my ancestors. She is my great aunt. She married my great uncle, John Jackson, ca 1925. They divorced about 10 years later. I can go beyond her to the next generation easily. Yet, I feel compelled to research her. John’s…
Tag: Obituaries
Your Ancestor’s Obituary Might Have Been on the Radio
I have contacted several mortuaries in Oakland who have kindly sent me back many files on my relatives. Most of those sheets are from 1920 through 1940. They are filled with useful genealogy information. Mortuary records can supply so many details about one’s life. And, if you’re really lucky, the mortuary will have the…
The Last Of A Generation Has Passed Away
I was going through the Social Security Death Index the other day looking for a friend. As I often do, I searched names that came to me randomly. I was sorry to see that Virginia (Burke) Fields passed away. Virginia was my Grandmother, Anna (Jackson) Shellabarger’s first cousin and she was the last of that…
Tracking a Lost Cousin
After doing Randy’s Genealogy challenge last night, I realized that I knew almost nothing about my Mom’s cousin, Rees Embry Winter. While I’ve been able to track the descendants of all my Great Aunts and Great Uncles, Rees’ family was a big question mark. Naturally, once I realized this I could not leave it alone….
What Can We Learn about Helen from Obituaries?
Genealogy Research journal #3, entry #3 Time to Look for Obituaries I had to start somewhere with my research on Helen Correia. Since there were five sets of Pacheco parents that Helen could belong to, it was important to firmly establish who her birth parents were. As she was thought to be one of the…