Nicandro Palumbo vs. Palumbo Nicandro
Sometimes the names are reversed. Nicandro Palumbo lived at 1725 No. Warnock St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1918 when his son Frank passed away. He lived there in 1925 when his death certificate was written and his widow Mary Louisa...
Read moreNaturalization Papers Solve the Question, Same Name, Same Place, Same Era, Same Person?
Anthony Palumbo was enumerated in 518 Norris St., Ward 19, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the 1940 census with his wife Mary (Lindsay) Palumbo, two children Charles and Mary, his mother-in-law Theresa Lindsay, and brother-in-law Francis Lindsay. Anthony was born ca....
Read moreDisambiguation in Smith Research
Paris as a birthplace would seem to mean France. However, the United States has more than 20 places named Paris, the largest one is the county seat of Lamar Co., Texas. Handwritten records across various repositories could easily confuse...
Read moreSomeone Already Wrote a Book about This Graves Family
The Graves Family of Arvada, Colorado John Card Graves wrote and published a set of books about the Graves family, Genealogy of the Graves Family in America, Three Volumes, Buffalo N.Y.: Baker, Jones & Co., 1896. He collected information...
Read moreGraduation Cards and the Name Inserts
Keith L. Breitenstein graduated from high school in 1933. He was born in 1915 in Kentucky and the number 33 is written on the edge of his graduation card insert. He was my grandparents’ oldest nephew. His first cousin,...
Read moreFinally a Snapshot Identified on the Back!
Of all the snapshots, photographs and studio pictures found among my grandmother’s keepsakes, this one was identified on the back. It’s a gravestone. With a tree growing around it. Of someone I don’t know. Thomas Seibert. In Indiana. Wyandott ...
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