My Trails into the Past

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:  It's  Saturday Night  again -  Time for some more  Genealogy Fun!! Our mission from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings tonight is to: 1) Who are your 32 3rd-great-grandparents?  List them (with birth names).  Tell us when and where they were born, married, and died.  [NOTE:  This is easily done in your genealogy software program or online family tree by making an Ahnentafel or Ancestors report from yourself as #1, then copy and paste.] Here’s mine: This will not be an exhaustive list, as I have several 3x-great-grandparents who have yet to be identified. 32. Johann Horoch : born 15 Aug 1773 in Altenhundem, Kreis Olpe, Westfalen, Germany; married 22 Apr 1798 in Kirchhundem, Kr. Olpe, Westfalen, Germany; died 18 Oct 1826 in Altenhundem, Kreis Olpe, Westfalen, Germany. 33. Anna Gertrud Sommer : born 25 Jun 1770. 34. Johann Joseph Trösster : born 2 Feb 1778 in Oberhundem, Kreis Olpe, Wes...

Nelle Olivia Lundquist, daughter of John G. Lundquist and Anna G. Johnson, was born on 16 April 1883 in Montgomery County, Iowa. [1] Her father had a farm outside of Stanton in Scott Township, and the schoolhouse was located on their property. [2] She attended Still College of Osteopathy in Des Moines, Iowa, and graduated on 11 January 1911 in a class of thirteen men and women. Her classmates who graduated mid-term included Sidney E. Cresswell, R.H. Simpson, Ed. C. Galsgie, Hulda Frandson, J.G. Connolly, Eleanor L. Harvey, Christine Ostrem, Roy F. Desart, Maud Tupper, Peter F. Kain, Helga Christensen, and Mabel Cleveland. [3]   She practiced primarily in Missouri and Montgomery County, Iowa. [4] In 1934, she attended a reunion breakfast of her class on 25 July at the Allis Hotel during the Wichita convention. [5] However, she was the only one in her class mentioned as attending. It must have been a reunion of any graduate of the school. [1] Fremont Lutheran Churc...

My outside activities included visits to research repositories in Indianapolis and Jeffersonville, and attending the NGS Family History Conference in Louisville.   Genealogy Genealogy Volunteer/Work: My volunteer work this week was at the NGS conference, where I was a room monitor for two sessions and worked the BCG booth twice.   Genealogy Meetings:  None. Genealogy Writing/Research : This week's research involved researching at the Indiana State Archives, the Indiana State Library, the Jeffersonville Public Library, and the Clark County Courthouse. At the archives, I took photos of physician licenses for Edward N. Flynn, who practiced in Jeffersonville and was mayor for a term, and for Rose C. McFall, who practiced in Indianapolis. There was also a military service card for Joseph H. McFall, who served during the Spanish-American War. At the state library, I photographed a story about a man’s experience at the Jeffersonville orphan home, some photographs of old ...

George Thomas Davey registered for the draft on 5 June 1917, the date of the first registration. He was twenty-seven years old and worked for the American Car and Foundry in Jeffersonville, Indiana. He claimed his mother and three children were dependent on him. He also claimed an exception because he worked at a plant making war material. On the back of the card under disabilities, it states “weak ambler.” [1] None of the statements on the card prevented him from being drafted. He was listed as Class 1 (eligible for the draft) by the Clark County Exemption Board in April 1918. [2] He entered the army on 26 April 1918 and was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor on April 27. [3] Camp Zachary Taylor was located in Louisville, Kentucky and used during the war as a training center. [4] He was a private with the Detachment Quartermaster Corps of the School for Bakers and Cooks. He spent the entire war at Camp Zachary Taylor as a cook. [5] He was discharged on 29 July 1919. [6] Camp Zachary T...

My outside activities included a trip to the History Center and the start of a vacation to Indianapolis and Louisville.   Genealogy Genealogy Volunteer/Work: At the History Center, I worked on accessions, making sure the details of past accessions had been entered into PastPerfect. I’m about three-quarters done.   Genealogy Meetings:    None   Genealogy Writing/Research : On the train with no internet available, I was able to enter a lot of documents into RootsMagic without having any distractions, such as wanting to do lookups. I also started a KDP writing about Reuben M. Johnston. Blog Posts Published: Settling on Land in Montgomery County, Iowa: P.A. Lundquist Bought Land from the CB&Q Railroad For the theme of “Wheels,” I wrote about my husband’s ancestor who bought his Iowa land from the railroad. SNGF - Did You Have Genealogy Fun This Past Week? I wrote about my progress entering data into RootsMagic while on the train. Webinars/Courses...

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:  It's   Saturday  Sunday     Night  again -  Time for some more  Genealogy Fun!! Our mission from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings is to: 1) Did you have good genealogy fun this past week?  Did you add to your family Tree?  Did you make a great discovery?  Did you try something new?  Did you make family history? Here's mine: Well, this is not Saturday night but rather Sunday night. I was on a very late train towards Chicago and was pulled off at Galesburg and put on a bus to Indianapolis because we would not have made our connecting train. We got in late, ate dinner, and then crashed. We got up early Sunday morning and drove to Collinsville to catch a tourist train, and I am now back at our hotel. This hotel is cool, built into the old train station and track area. Anyway. My genealogy fun this week wasn’t any research finds, but finally having the time to enter genealogy data into Roots...

When one thinks about our ancestors getting land to settle in the Midwest or West, our first thoughts are that the settler either bought land from another landowner, purchased land from the federal government, or homesteaded the land. My husband’s great-grandfather, Per Alfred Lundquist, settled in Montgomery County, Iowa, located in the southwestern part of the state, in an area of rolling hills. I first checked the Bureau of Land Management’s website of the General Land Office, and he was not listed as buying land from the federal government. [1] Next, I checked with the local county deed records at the FamilySearch catalog, and there I found he purchased 80 acres of land from the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad on 11 October 1883. This land was in Section 30 in Township 71 of Range 37 of the 5 th Principal Meridian. [2] How is it that a railroad company would be selling land to our ancestors? The federal government wanted settlers in the plains and the West. They k...

My outside activities included two trips to the History Center, the meadow for phenology, the dentist, and train club for the monthly meeting. Genealogy Genealogy Volunteer/Work: At the History Center, I worked on accessions, making sure the details of pat accessions have been entered into PastPerfect. I’m about half done. At home, I continued adding details to the library database. I sent out the press release for the upcoming BCG-sponsored webinar. I gave two presentations this week: vital records to the Oakland FamilySearch Center and about the BLM website to the Genealogy Society of Washington County. The writing group met and we talked about the places to submit stories to, such as local historical and genealogical society newsletters and journals. Genealogy Meetings:    Meetings this week: NGS Conference committee, APG-NorCal, and book club. Genealogy Writing/Research : I did some research into using AI for the transcription of a German-American church baptism ...

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:  It's  Saturday Night  again -  Time for some more  Genealogy Fun!! Our mission from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings to to: 1) Sunday, 11 May is Mother's Day in the USA.  Let's celebrate it by showing some of our photos with our mother.   2)  Extra credit:  What did you call your mother during her life?  What did your children call your mother?   3)  More extra credit:  Have you written a biography or tribute to your mother?  If so, please share a link if you have one. 4)  Share your photo(s) on your own blog post or in a Facebook or SubStack or BlueSky post.  Leave a link on this blog post to  help us find your Mom photos. Here's mine: 1. I have several photos of my mother. She did not like her photo taken and hid from the camera. With me, Easter 1955 Preparing a feast 4-generation shot with her mother, me & granddaughter 2. We called her "Mommy" until ...