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Genealogy by the States – Week 32 – Minnesota

Posted by on Sunday, 11 August, 2013

This week’s blogging prompt is the State of Minnesota. Blog about an ancestor or your families connection to Minnesota. If you don’t have any connections to Minnesota, find a Minnesota resource useful for genealogy research to highlight and write about. This week’s prompt runs from 8/11/2013 – 8/17/2013. If you choose to follow along, I would appreciate a mention to the Hidden Genealogy Nuggets website.

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I do not have any links to Minnesota, so I will instead highlight one resource from Minnesota.

The Minnesota Historical Society has a wonderful collection of research tools on it’s website.

They have search tools for:

  • Birth Records
  • Death Records
  • State Census Records
  • Veterans Grave Registry

They also have digital collections of newspapers and maps.

If you have a Minnesota relative, be sure to check out these resources.

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A few Minnesota Genealogy Links
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Minnesota Newspaper Archives at Genealogy Bank
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Genealogy by the States – Week 31 – California

Posted by on Sunday, 4 August, 2013

This week’s blogging prompt is the State of California. Blog about an ancestor or your families connection to California. If you don’t have any connections to California, find a California resource useful for genealogy research to highlight and write about. This week’s prompt runs from 8/4/2013 – 8/10/2013. If you choose to follow along, I would appreciate a mention to the Hidden Genealogy Nuggets website.

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Raymond Leslie Sanders is my first cousin twice removed. He was born in New Britain, Connecticut on February 12, 1903. He was one of two children os Herbert Ephrain Sanders and Gertrude Stowe.

He was married on September 13, 1923 to Mary Goodwin in a double wedding ceremony with his father. The ceremony was his fathers second marriage. The marriage took place in Millerton, Dutchess County, New York. They went on to have three children.

By 1930, he and his growing family moved from the east coast of the United Staes to Los Angeles, California. He died in Lodi, California in May 1974. He is buried in Cherokee Memorial Park in California.

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A few California Genealogy Links
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California Newspaper Archives at Genealogy Bank
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Genealogy by the States – Week 30 – Wisconsin

Posted by on Sunday, 28 July, 2013

This week’s blogging prompt is the State of Wisconsin. Blog about an ancestor or your families connection to Wisconsin. If you don’t have any connections to Wisconsin, find a Wisconsin resource useful for genealogy research to highlight and write about. This week’s prompt runs from 8/28/2013 – 9/3/2013. If you choose to follow along, I would appreciate a mention to the Hidden Genealogy Nuggets website.

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My connection to Wisconsin is a fairly recent connection. William Clifford Sanders was born in 1937 in Waterbury, Connecticut. He moved to Wisconsin after marrying his wife Rheba Kay Nobles in 1963 in Alabama. This branch of my Sanders family moved to Wisconsin in about 1965.

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A few Wisconsin Genealogy Links
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Wisconsin Newspaper Archives at Genealogy Bank
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Genealogy by the States – Week 29 – Iowa

Posted by on Sunday, 21 July, 2013

This week’s blogging prompt is the State of Iowa. Blog about an ancestor or your families connection to Iowa. If you don’t have any connections to Iowa, find a Iowa resource useful for genealogy research to highlight and write about. This week’s prompt runs from 7/21/2013 – 7/27/2013. If you choose to follow along, I would appreciate a mention to the Hidden Genealogy Nuggets website.

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I have only a very small connection to the state of Iowa to talk about. That connection is Helen Logan. She is a first cousin twice removed from my children. She was born on March 20 1937 in Scranton, Arkansas. She died on March 31, 2004 in Oakland, California. Her body was brought back to Arkansas and is buried in Poole Cemetery in Scranton. Her social security card was issued in Iowa. I do not have any further details about the time she spent in Iowa.

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A few Iowa Genealogy Links
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Iowa Newspaper Archives at Genealogy Bank
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