Saturday, June 11, 2022

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: What Genealogy Search/Research Did You Do Last Week?

I'm very happy that Randy is now feeling healthy enough to resume posting on his blog, but I'm disappointed in myself that I didn't catch up with any additional old posts yet.  I'll just keep trying!  Here is this week's challenge:

Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission:  Impossible! music here) is:

1.  What genealogy search/research did you do last week?  Did you have a research goal or plan?  Tell us about one or more search/research session.

2.  Write your own blog post or add your response as a comment to this blog post or in a Facebook Status post or note.

Aw, man!  Well, I didn't do much this week, but I did do a little research.

I worked some more on finding people in the 1950 census, not for my own family, but for that of a friend.  He had remembered that a cousin had put together a short family history and finally dug it out.  Based on the mostly accurate information in it, I was able to find my friend's great-grandmother and her second husband in the 1930 and 1940 censuses and then the second husband as a widower in the 1950 census.  I discovered they were Germans from Russia, which I actually have a fair amount of experience researching.  Now I'm hunting for them in Canada in earlier records.

The other research I did was trying to figure out how a DNA cousin who showed up on Ancestry is connected to me.  I have a total failure there so far.  The surname doesn't appear anywhere in my family tree, and I can't find any connections yet.

Obviously I am far behind Randy in my accomplishments this week!

6 comments:

  1. You made some progress for a friend, which is always nice, especially since your own research has taken you to Germans from Russia. Your friend must be very happy for the help.

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    1. He was indeed happy and a little surprised. The family was even living where the short family history said they would be.

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  2. You actually did a lot of work and I'm sure your friend was happy.

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    1. It never seems like a lot, but thank you! And yes, he was happy!

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  3. Sounds like you did a lot of research! It takes time. Life likes to interfere with our genealogy time. So you made progress, and helped a friend, too!

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    1. Well, thank you! Maybe I did more than I thought I had.

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