obituaries

Watch My Genealogy Quick Start Episode About Dissecting an Immigrant Story

This past Thursday, November 4th, I appeared on Genealogy Quick Start, a genealogy education web show produced by Shamele Jordan. My Quick Start session focuses on dissecting a U.S. obituary to tell an immigrant story.

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Laura Mae Fields Death 1933

Finally Finding a Death Certificate and Obituary for Great-Grandmother Laura Mae (Fields) Pace

The discovery last week of a death certificate and newspaper death notice for daughter Clara Irene Pace helps me bust down a several year-long brick wall regarding Irene’s mother, Laura Mae (Fields) Pace.

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Snow Plow, Yosemite, 1930s or 1940s

George Walter Harless Plowing Through 1940s Yosemite

All my husband knew about his 1st great grand uncle is that he drove a snow plow in Yosemite. My father-in-law confirmed this, and told me that he thought his grandfather’s brother George had also been a miner in Madera. So when I saw the “plowing through” theme for this year’s 52 Ancestors project, I decided to try to find out a bit more about 1st great rand uncle George.

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