Yeah, yeah. I've been blogging for quite a while, you'd think I'd remember to schedule my post, but no, I left it in draft? I think maybe because I couldn't quite believe that I couldn't find my mom's Aunt Rose on the Michigan Death Records Index (familysearch.org) 1921-1952.
You see, my mom lived with her Aunt Rose and Uncle John Ochsenfeld after her mother died and until Rose died of cancer in 1939. In Detroit. I did find John's death recorded in 1948, but no go for Rose. I do have her death certificate and I could not find a reason why she wasn't listed.
Also found was my great-grandmother, Rose's mother, Augusta Wilhelm Mena Zimmeth (no joke, that's how it was indexed) in 1932. And Amelia Knost Meyer's death record (my mother's maternal grandmother) was found. Only they had her father as Martin Knost. Um, he was her brother, not her father.
Which brings us to the importance of searching beyond the obvious. Yes, death records can be great, but since the person who really knew the information is now dead, mistakes are made. Many times, I have seen the parents listed of the informant and not the decedent. So, do your homework and find that birth or baptismal record. I can hardly wait to note the above information in my genealogy
Copyright 2010-2013, ACK for Gene Notes
Friday, May 3, 2013
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Too-Too Thursday - Oh!
This post is late, I know. The weather here has been so good for getting outdoor work done, that DH and I have been concentrating on getting everything up to speed. Last year's concrete led to this year's paving stone project. Pictures when I get my body up to speed. I developed tennis elbow from working on leveling those stones. Both knees are screaming at me and my back, well, just say it's tired.
The pile on my desk is growing and Mouse the Cat is enjoying rearranging things on my desk. I don't like her filing system. It usually involves paper on the floor. Or she tries to figure out where the light is coming from that is reflecting on my file cabinet. Now if I could just get her to file stuff for me!
Copyright 2010-2013, ACK for Gene Notes
The pile on my desk is growing and Mouse the Cat is enjoying rearranging things on my desk. I don't like her filing system. It usually involves paper on the floor. Or she tries to figure out where the light is coming from that is reflecting on my file cabinet. Now if I could just get her to file stuff for me!
Copyright 2010-2013, ACK for Gene Notes
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Wedding Wednesday - Meyer & Puttmann
On May 1, 1821 in Löhne, Vechta, Oldenburg, Germany, Henrich Arnold Meyer married Maria Gertrude Puttmann. They were my great-great-great grandparents.
Copyright 2010-2013, ACK for Gene Notes
Copyright 2010-2013, ACK for Gene Notes
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