The Genealogy Search

George Theodore Albert Skibbe (1896-1950) and Alma Theresa Spenner (1897-1995) on their wedding day, 20 Nov 1919 in North Judson, Starke County, Indiana.  They became the parents of four children:  Mildred born in 1921, Cecil born in 1923, Robert 1929 and George 1932.

Theodore Miottel Born DECEMBER 31, 1860 Passed Away NOVEMBER 1, 1941 Services Held at JOHN C. MEISZNER'S FUNERAL HOME NOVEMBER 4, TWO O'CLOCK P.M. Clergyman REV. O. DOERING Interment CONCORDIA CEMTERY

 Willam Adolph Emil Skibbe's cerificate of baptism.  Dated June 10, 1943, this certificate indicates that William's Baptism occured on December 6th, 1890 at St. Mattew Ev Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois by Rev. H. Engelbrecht. 

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran School, 1941, Chicago, Illinois  Lorraine Skibbe (my mom) third row from the bottom, fifth from the left

Pedigrees found on Ancestry and other sites are not always correct.  Any type of research found, whether on line or published, is just an accident waiting to happen.  Perhaps the best way to think of someone's research is a story, a story that needs to be verified with your own eyes. I recently sat down with a client and she showed me the information she had accumulated.  She had sourced someone's research in her genealogy program and had taken the research as the ultimate correct source.  I asked her if she had reviewed any of the other researchers sources and she said she hadn't.  Together we pulled up the tree on Ancestry, it appeared to have been copied from another tree, that tree had no verifiable sources.  She doubted her own research and had discounted it as incorrect for a silly belief that if it was on Ancestry it was true.  True she was new to research but I really thought I had drilled it into her head that she needed to see the proof herself - well I think sh

Today I had the opportunity to attend a webinar sponsored by Legacy Family Tree and presented by Geoff Rasmussen. AniMap, Centennia , and Map My Family Tree software were covered.   Animap shows historical county mapping. This is a wonderful tool for making sure you are researching in the correct location for your ancestor. Geoff also did a review of Legacy's mapping and alerts for counties. I frequently use Legacy's mapping tools in my research. Centennia software is a map-based guide to the history of Europe and the Middle East throughout the years. Centennia also includes what history was going on in the area during specific time periods. Map my Family Tree was the last topic Geoff covered. This software can show your family migration "live" through certain time periods with time scrolling. Geoff also had the software plot where his family members were born. The most important lesson that Geoff shared was to know your jurisdiction for the time period you are res

Roots Television ( http://www.rootstelevision .com/index.html ) is a great place to learn.  There are several videos that I have viewed prior to this challenge and a few new ones that I just viewed today.  What is wonderful about the Roots TV is that there are so many choices.  You can garner information on techie tools, research processes, lectures, census record, DNA research or catch up on the PBS Ancestors series. I have enjoyed all of the DNA episiodes.       I decided to watch the video on Google Scholar:  Genealogy Style.  I decided to go ahead and plug in a few names into the search and see what I could find - nothing!  Not exactly true a distant cousin wrote a few books on the Methodist religion.  Then I decided to run a few searches on google books and I hit a gold mine.  My Aunt Loretta Skibbe had several entries. I also took the time to watch the photo restoration and using a scanner videos.  Roots TV offers a way to brush up on some skills, obtain new skills and share

Mathias (Mato) 1881-1934,   Ivana 1912-2004, and Mary nee Mlakar (1881-1965) Drvaric.  Ivana married Marko Yurmanovich - later changed to Urman - 9 Feb 1929.  I previously posted a copy of Marko (Yurmanovich) Urman's citizenship paper.  The Drvaric's and Urman's settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to raise their families.

Snooping around old newspapers for clues to John N. Poundstone brought to light a death announcement in the Logansport Journal.  The article is as follows:   John N. Poundstone an old and prominent citizen of Deer Creek township, died at his home at Young America at 5 a.m. yesterday at the age of 83 years.  The deceased had been a resident of Deer Creek township for forty-three years.  He leaves four sons and two daughters.  The funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 10 a.m. from the Presbyterian Church at Wheeling, Ind.  Interment in Sharon cemetery.   John N. Poundstone obituary, Logansport Journal , Logansport, Indiana, 8 July 1900, page 5, column 3. John's death certificate lists his burial in Sherin Cemetery, location and date not included. Wheeling, Indiana is located in Carroll County; Deer Creek is located in Cass County - they are near one another but I cannot find the location of a Sharon Cemetery.   Several Poundstone family members have been buried in Bee

The Logue family has wound it way into my family history numerous times.  The Logue's married Logue's, Durbin's, and Logsdons.  The three families appear to have migrated together via Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.  Rachel Logue, (1837 Ohio - 1911 Illinois) my 2nd Great Grandmother married Morris Durbin (1822 Maryland - 1880 Illinois).  Rachel was the second wife of Morris.  They raised their family in Avena, Fayette, Illinois.  Rachel's parents were John J. Logue (1807-1866) and Sarah Larrison (1815-1880).  They too settled in Avena, Fayette, Illinois. John Logue's parents were James Logue  (1772-1844) and Mary Elizabeth Paine  (1781-1865), they too settled in Fayette County, Illinois.    The parents of James were James (1720-1831) and Mary Lawson (1732-1831). Last name origin & meaning: Irish (chiefly northern Ireland): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maol Mhaodhóg (also Ó Maolaodhóg) ‘descendant of the servant (devotee) of St