Wedding Wednesday - Percival & Blossom

On October 31, 1751 Benjamin Blossom married Bathsheba Percival, probably in Barnstable, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of John Percival & Mary Bourne.

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Like a Hurricane!

With former hurricane Sandy ravaging the northeast, I thought about how safe my "stuff" is. Yes, I have backups of all my genealogy, but there are still all those paper files to be scanned and saved. I do work on it occasionally, but I have a feeling, most of it will still be there to be scanned, or I will have added to the paper pile before everything gets linked to my database. Will one of my kids carry it forth?

Maybe I better get busy on writing those books?

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Monday Moanin' - Adding Those Records

Even though the California death records project is far from complete, I found quite a few death certificates - mostly in Los Angeles county or city. There have been some surprises so far and one that I knew took place in the city of Angels was hard to find. Mostly due to a spelling difference. I am glad I searched for Sikes after not finding it under Sykes. The Sikes/Sykes in question is Edna Chinn Sikes/Sykes. She was my first cousin three times removed. She was the subject of a Thriller Thursday here. She was 29 at the time of her murder.

I guess I should get busy transcribing the certificates.

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