Tag: Minnesota
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David Stewart in the 1880 US Census
It’s been a busy genealogy week this week. MyHeritage has made changes to the DNA and as a result, I have uncovered more cousins on my Jeffery and Norton lines. Returning the focus to my Stewart family and Amy Johnson Crow’s #52Ancestors challenge, I will look at a census record from Minnesota. In the 1880 census…
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Did Your Ancestor Leave You A Clue at the Cemetery?
Did your ancestor leave you a clue at the cemetery? Mine did. Sites like Find-A-Grave and Canadian Headstones are great tools to use in helping us research our family but a trip to your ancestors grave could lead to more discoveries. What you don’t see in the pictures posted on those sites is the headstones…
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It’s Not All Unicorns and Rainbows in Newspapers
Finding the truth about a death in 1892, yes it was a railway accident but..
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52 Ancestors – #5 James Raymond Stewart
James or Ray as he was known was born 1900 in Manannah Twp., Meeker Co., Minnesota. His father David first settled in the area as a young man and travelled north to Canada to marry Bridget McMahon who lived in the same community he had before leaving Ontario. James had quite a journey in store.…
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