Category Archives: Daily Journal

Researching Sicilian Records at the Family History Library

Posted on November 24, 2007 by Steve

I researched records from Augusta, Siracusa, Sicily, a collection that is well represented in the Family History Library with Civil Registration records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1820-1829 (with some gaps). Continue reading →

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Open! Open! Open!

Posted on November 23, 2007 by Steve

Thanksgiving weekend is my traditional Fall Research Getaway. Continue reading →

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The Polish Village of Dębiny

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Steve

The Polish village of Dębiny lies close to the village of Pomaski where my grandfather lived. I’m continuing to translate the Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego entries for neighboring villages in order to get a better understanding of what the area where … Continue reading →

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The U.S. Passport Application for Margaret Coyle Gibson

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Steve

Sometime before 1920, Margaret returned to her native Ireland with the three children, never to return to the United States. I didn’t know exactly when Margaret left the United States, why she left, or why she failed to return.

The U.S. Passport Applications provides the answers to two of those questions. Continue reading →

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The Polish Village of Czarnostowo (Czarnostów)

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Steve

The Polish village of Czarnostowo lies close to the village of Pomaski where my grandfather lived. I’m continuing to translate the entries for neighboring villages in order to get a better understanding of what the area where my grandfather grew up was like. … Continue reading →

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Dennis Valentine O'Connor's Fateful Trip to Ireland

Posted on November 18, 2007 by Steve

I wanted to write something for the inaugural edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture, but I have no Irish heritage myself. None. At all. That statement belies the fact that my CD collection is full of Celtic music … Continue reading →

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Do You Really Want to Know What I'm Reading?

Posted on November 18, 2007 by Steve

Becky at Kinexxions and Schelly at Tracing the Tribe have tagged me for the 161 meme, whereby I’m asked to turn to page 161 of the book I’m currently reading and read the 6th sentence on that page. I tend … Continue reading →

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The Polish Village of Boby

Posted on November 17, 2007 by Steve

The Polish village of Boby lies close to the village of Pomaski where my grandfather lived. I previously had translated the Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego entry for Pomaski, but I have decided to translate the entries for neighboring villages in … Continue reading →

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More Churches in the Old Town of Vilnius

Posted on November 16, 2007 by Steve

The Old Town of Vilnius is one of the largest in Europe, and the churches of the Old Town seem to appear wherever one’s gaze wanders. Some of the churches have been breathtakingly restored. Others remain in a state of … Continue reading →

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More Annotations on Immigrant Passenger Manifests

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Steve

Officials frequently entered statistical information in unused spaces on the manifest and, thus, the “Date and Cause of Death” column was used to keep subtotals of the numbers of male and female passengers from different countries. Continue reading →

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