Posted in Family on Jul 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
I’ve been so busy that I forgot to write about our new addition! I am once again an uncle! My little sister gave birth to her second child on July 16, 2008! Her name is Courtney Nicole Dyck and she is such a sweet little girl!
So, the family tree continues to grow and we are [...]
Posted in Family on Jun 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
If you haven’t already discovered the Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 database on Family Search, you owe it to yourself to visit. If you have Texas connections it is very beneficial!
One thing that happens with a database such as this is that it will add new questions and new mysteries to your research! Today, while searching the [...]
Posted in Family on Jun 17th, 2008 1 Comment »
I just wanted to post about a find I made today just by chance!
Yesterday I was doing some more searching for descendants of Martin Isaic Spangler and was looking for a volunteer for Harris County, Texas on RAOGK. I just happened to notice that there was a volunteer for Harrison County and the name stuck [...]
Posted in Family on Jun 16th, 2008 No Comments »
Wow, I can’t believe that I am still writing about this! It seems that since I posted about this that I’ve just been able to find more and more about the descendants of Martin. Not enough to make contact with anyone yet but I do feel I am getting closer. I just felt it was [...]
Posted in Family on Jun 10th, 2008 3 Comments »
This is the death certificate for George Handford Hicks. It was obtained from Family Search Labs and is part of my research for my elusive great-uncle, Martin Isaic Spangler.
The one thing I learned in obtaining this death certificate and the previously posted one is that the informant’s name is given as Ella Robinson and on [...]
Posted in Family on Jun 10th, 2008 No Comments »
I just wanted to share the death certificates for Stella Ferguson and George Hicks with you. I had posted earlier about the posting of images from the Family Search Labs but as Ruth at Bluebonnet Country Genealogy put it, it’s all offered freely and so it shouldn’t be a problem. So here is the death [...]
Posted in Family on Jun 8th, 2008 No Comments »
I just wanted to post that today was actually a fun day for a change. I’m usually just laid back and do nothing on Sundays. Today was different.
Yesterday, I ended a 34 hour marathon of no sleep with a crash time of 10 hours! It was a terrible day, even though the last part [...]
Posted in Family on Jun 6th, 2008 1 Comment »
I’m enjoying writing this series about my “Elusive” ancestors. Strangely, it seems that my writing of these posts is motivating me and helping me to find more info about the “elusive” person!
Today, I’d like to share what I have found. I mentioned in my last post that I had made great strides in [...]
Posted in Family on Jun 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
Sometimes you just have to go back to basics!
I’ve posted a couple of times about “The Elusive Martin Isaic Spangler” and “An Update On Martin Isaic Spangler“. I’m sure that there are some folks who think that I must not have been searching for him very hard because it seems like since I [...]
Posted in Family on May 30th, 2008 No Comments »
I know it has only been a couple of days since I posted about “The Elusive Martin Isaic Spangler” but I believe that the post has helped me to make somewhat of a breakthrough. This post will give you an update on what I have found. I really, honestly had given up on Martin because [...]
