Monthly Archives: November 2006

Mountain View Cemetery – Oakland, California

Posted on November 19, 2006 by Steve

I had a few errands to run today and I decided to stop by the Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California. Like many genealogists, I find cemetery research fascinating and today seemed like a good day to visit one of the most impressive cemeteries in California. Continue reading →

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Finding the Church Where My Grandparents Were Married

Posted on November 18, 2006 by Steve

A couple of weeks ago, George Morgan wrote about Types of Marriage Records in his “Along Those Lines…” Blog.  In that article he mentioned something I never thought of:  if you’re trying to find the church where your ancestors were … Continue reading →

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Preparing for a Trip to Salt Lake City

Posted on November 17, 2006 by Steve

I’m getting ready for my annual fall research trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.  I’ll spend two full days at the library with nothing to distract me. I have two major goals this trip: 1.  Niedziałkowski … Continue reading →

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Barbara Poole on Genealogy Magazines

Posted on November 16, 2006 by Steve

At the September meeting of my local genealogy society, I brought some magazines I had received free from the FGS (Federation of Genealogical Societies) Conference held in August, in Boston for 4 days.  All 4 magazines were current editions and … Continue reading →

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The Polish Village of Łosice

Posted on November 15, 2006 by Steve

One of the readers of this blog wrote to me and asked if there was an entry in the Słownik Geograficny Królestwa Polskiego (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland) for the Polish village of Łosice.  There are, in fact, … Continue reading →

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The Military Medals of Jack Arnold Gibson

Posted on November 14, 2006 by Steve

My cousin, Jack Arnold Gibson was posthumously awarded the Silver Star and the Purple Heart. The Silver Star The Silver Star is awarded for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States.  The Silver Star is the third … Continue reading →

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The Death of Jack Arnold Gibson

Posted on November 13, 2006 by Steve

Of all the people in my family who served in World War II, there was only one combat death – my cousin Jack Arnold Gibson.  Jack was the eldest son of my Aunt Sophie Danko and her husband Clark Gibson.  … Continue reading →

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My Father's World War II Medals

Posted on November 12, 2006 by Steve

My father earned three service medals in World War II:  The American Campaign Medal, The European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and The World War II Victory Medal.  In 1985, upon the 40th Anniversary of World War II, the Russian Federation awarded a medal to … Continue reading →

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World War II Convoys JW-54A and RA-55A

Posted on November 11, 2006 by Steve

As part of the US Naval Armed Guard, my father served on the Liberty Ship the S. S. Daniel Drake on two convoys as part of the Murmansk Run, delivering war supplies to the Eastern Front.  The Murmansk Run was … Continue reading →

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The Crew Manifest of the World War II Liberty Ship 'Joaquin Miller'

Posted on November 10, 2006 by Steve

I’ve been taking the opportunity to search the Immigration Collection at Ancestry.com during the Free access to this database through the end of the month of November.  Yesterday, I found the Crew Manifest for the World War II Liberty Ship … Continue reading →

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