The Genealogy Search

I left Madison with a USB full of records regarding the Drezdzon and other related families. I downloaded quite a few obituaries from Milwaukee's Polish newspapers. My find at FGS was a book on how to read Polish obituaries, I have many translations to work through. First stop in Illinois was a stop at Portillo's for a Chicago dog, I was in heaven!  Which led me to the second most important thing to do - hitting a grocery store and buying all the bright green relish that I could find.   I actually was in the area to visit the family graves at Concordia Cemetery located  in Forest Park, Illinois.  The cemetery offices were very helpful and I located more family plots.  I like to check on the plots since my grandmother paid for perpetual care in 1942 in the amount of $100.00.  The $100.00 covers the entire plot of nine graves.  I think she would be happy to know the cemetery has kept their word she made quit a bargain.

The second Saturday of the month of March is  Genealogy Day!   Celebrate by taking some time to find a new record, watch a webinar to learn new skills or take the time to catch up on your genealogy reading - books, magazines or blogs.   I am off to the Tucson Festival Books  http://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/  to see what interesting books I can find.  Poundstone Family Tree - 1933 drawn by George C. Poundstone There are free webinars and YouTube videos to learn more about research, organization, or a specific type of records.  I found a a video on YouTube that takes a ride through Concordia Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois where my Great Grandparents are buried.  I also found numerous videos on the Newberry Library in Chicago  - a place I am hoping to research at in August. Are you attending the FGS Conference in Illinois?  You may want to check out what materials are available at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Libr...

The other day I spent a wonderful day going through the old files at the Cass County Indiana Clerk's office.  I found some probate files, quite a few marriage licenses, one divorce, and a lot of dust.  I will be posting some of the information I found as I get it processed.  Today I drove to Illinois and went grave searching at Concordia Cemetery in Forest Park.  I took some new pictures of my Great Grandfathers grave and looked up the graves of Meta and Charles Gollnick,  On the way out of the cemetery I saw another Gollnick headstone so I took some pictures of that headstone also. Meta and Charles Gollnick Close up of Charles Gollnick Close up Meta Gollnick (nee Skibbe) Opposite side of Meta and Charles - their son William and a spot for his wife Arlene Gollnick - the headstone I found on the way out of the cemetery, below are close ups of both sides of the stone. August (father),  Sept 20 1858 - Jan 24 1947;  Albertina (mot...

Original receipt from Concordia Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois.  It is dated  2 Jun 1899 for purchase of plots in 1128, Section 9.  The receipt contains my Great Grandfather Theodor Miottel's signature and his brother Wilhelm Miottel.