Matrilineal Monday is a blogging theme to celebrate or share something of your mother’s line. When I started on the process of locating my grandparent’s marriage record, all I knew from my aunt (their daughter) was they got married on Thanksgiving and the reception was at Aunt Sadie’s. I didn't know who Aunt Sadie was. I wasn't sure of the year, so I didn't know when Thanksgiving fell. All I knew was William Cyril (known as Cyril) came from Hamilton in Ravalli County, Montana and Anna (later known as Anne) came from Anaconda in Deer Lodge County. Letters sent to the county recorders in both counties came back with no record found. Gosh, why wouldn't they be married in one of their hometowns? Letters were sent to the Catholic churches in both counties with the same results: no record of marriage found there. So, who was Aunt Sadie? My daughters and I had taken a trip to Montana to visit both Hamilton and Anaconda, hoping to find more information about th...
Researching: Davey, Gleeson, Gorrell, Hork, Hutson, Johnston, Jones, Lundquist, Nilsen, Selman, Sievert, Sullivan, Tierney, & Wollenweber.