My Family History Journey

Friday, October 2, 2015

Finding family history in newspapers

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As I have stated before in this blog, family history is more than just names and dates and places. Family history includes stories about our...
Thursday, September 10, 2015

Finding the Ottes

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Otte home in Patterson NJ My maiden name is Otte, pronounced with a short "o" sound: \ott\. Where did this name come from? W...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Mayflower descendants

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Another group that can help you with your family history is the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. One hundred two passengers crowded...
Saturday, August 29, 2015

Mormon Redress Petitions and Harvey Olmstead

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A few days ago, I talked about my 4th-great-grandfather, Harvey Olmstead, who was an early member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latte...
Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Back to the Fields

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I have done some historical research on George Field, who was born in Pensacola, Florida in 1778 but moved at some point to New Brunswick, C...
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Harvey Olmstead

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The Olmstead family is a little more difficult to research because of the spelling of the last name. Many of the early Olmstead's were n...
Saturday, August 22, 2015

James Henry Olmstead

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My great-great grandfather was James Henry Olmstead. How can I find more information about him than what we already did? Have I already sa...
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Diane Evans
I have created this blog as a way to share my love for family history with others. Start at "In the beginning" and read how I traced my family tree, with many hints on how you can find your roots as well.
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