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Monthly Archives: May 2006
Mary Danko in the 1910 Census
I had searched for my Great Aunt Mary in the 1910 US Federal Census without much luck. Much to my surprise Barbara Poole, who contributed a GuestBlog on May 20, found the record! Continue reading
A Marriage and Two Births
Great Aunt Mary (Danko) Golinski was married in 1915 and she had several children, including Victoria and John. Mary’s marriage record and the birth record for her first child, Victoria, were recorded in a ledger, rather than on standardized marriage … Continue reading
Online Death Indexes
Online Death Indexes provide useful sources of birth and death information. For the most part, these Death Indexes are transcriptions of other Indexes and are subject to the errors associated with transcriptions. Ancestry.com offers the following State death indexes: Alabama 1908-1959 … Continue reading
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Social Security Records
Social Security Records, including the Social Security Death Index and the SS-5 Application for a Social Security Account Number, are some of the first records I examined when I first started to compile my family tree . I used the … Continue reading
Marianna and the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
From the 1920 and 1930 US Federal Census Records, I discovered that my Great Aunt Mary immigrated in either 1909 or 1910 . A search of the Ellis Island Passenger Lists reveals a Marianna Danko who arrived at Ellis Island in … Continue reading
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Great Aunt Mary’s Birthdate in the US Census
My grandfather, Michael Danko, was the first of my ancestors to immigrate to the United States . After arriving in America, he lived in Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts the rest of his life . He and his family are enumerated in the … Continue reading
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When Was Great Aunt Mary Born?
My Great Aunt Mary, the sister of my grandfather Michael Danko, was the only one of my grandfather’s siblings to come to America . When I first started to assemble information on my family, I contacted Mary’s daughter Fran and … Continue reading
Flat Stanley’s San Francisco Adventure
Back in November, my nephew Lukas sent me Flat Stanley, a project for his first grade class . I had heard about the Flat Stanley Project and was excited to take Flat Stanley on a tour of San Francisco . … Continue reading
GuestBlog from Barbara Poole
Today’s blog is a special GuestBlog from Barbara Poole, with whom I recently took an online class on using Family Tree Maker . Thanks, Barbara, for giving me a day off! Tidbits from Barbara: Newsletters, Blogs, and New Magazine So … Continue reading
Death Records in Galicia
While in Poland, my companions and I stayed in Łańcut, a Polish village with a rich history not far from the villages of my ancestors . We had reservations at the hotel connected to the Łańcut castle . When we arrived … Continue reading