Missing the Boat
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Ship records of passengers can be informative, possibly revealing places of origin, occupations, and relations in the originating country as well as the destination country. You can view indexes on the websites of the National Archives, Family Search (current catalog of passenger lists here), and Ancestry. The most recent immigrant ancestor in my family tree is Herman Lutter (1860-1924). I have not (yet) found him on any passenger list. From his entries on the federal census of 1900 and 1920 in Newark, New Jersey, he gave his year of immigration as 1881. In 1910, it looks like his year of birt ..read more
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New York Proposes Rate Hikes to Thwart Genealogical Research
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4d ago
Over the years I’ve written about the difficulties in obtaining copies of vital records from the State of New York. The only way to receive a copy is to print out and physically mail a request, remit $22, then wait a few years for Albany to send a copy. My latest orders have not been fulfilled. One year for the Cummings and Grant orders; three years for the Sheehy order. New York claims a backlog of over 10,000 orders and that fulfilling them is almost impossible. New York was able to figure out how to open the envelopes and cash the checks within weeks. I suggested making the records digitall ..read more
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A Tedious Courtship
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1w ago
 In the records of the First Presbyterian Church of Morristown, New Jersey is a curious entry for "a tedious courtship of 24 hours." The short courtship was unusual- maybe that is why it was mentioned? What does "tedious" mean in this context? By Same [Reverend James Richards] January 17, 1806 David Munn, Orange Miss Phebe Youngs, Malapardis, "After a tedious courtship of 24 hours." David Munn, the groom, was from Orange, Essex County. The bride, Phebe Youngs, was from Malapardis, which is now an area within Hanover, Morris County. Map of Town of Hanover, Morris County, Ne ..read more
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Related Stepmother on Marriage Record
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2w ago
A marriage record is an excellent way of discovering the names of the parents of the bride and groom. The parties helped create the document and could ensure completeness and accuracy, as opposed to birth and death records in which the subject of the document is of no assistance in providing information. That said, the information is not always accurate. This was the case with the marriage record of William Hanford Ocoboc (1872-1941) and Anna Holander (1874-1948). They married December 15, 1894 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. William was raised in Rockaway, Morris County, New Jersey, but ..read more
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The Schneider Children plus a Bonus Baby
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2w ago
Joseph Schneider (1892-1945) and Mary Fila (1895-1938) lived in Newark, New Jersey from the 1910's until their deaths. They were buried in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in East Orange. I did not find a marriage record for this couple. The strategy is to start with the first child and work backwards. Locating birth certificates for all the children was difficult because the surname was spelled a different way for each of the five children: Snajder, Snaider, Shnyder, Schneider, and Snyder. All five birth certificates were located by sifting through the geographic birth index. In New Jersey, birth ce ..read more
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Mother Cadmus or Caddan
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Patrick McCabe (1845-1912) and Ann Somers (1845-1904) were born in Ireland. In 1867 they married at Saint Peter's Catholic Church in Jersey City, Hudson County New Jersey. The buildings were reconstructed and expanded over time and are now part of Saint Peter's Preparatory School. Three questions arise when first encountering an immigrant couple: Where were they from? Who were their parents? Who are their relatives in their new home?  This information can be found on marriage and death records, when the creator of the record writes down such information. Spoiler alert- nothing mo ..read more
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Citizenship Lost
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1M ago
When reviewing records from the first half of the 1900s, you may find entries about citizenship that you might think are errors. For example, in the 1920 census in West Hoboken, New Jersey is the Nelson household. Bessie is listed as "Al," or alien. Yet her place of birth is listed as New York. 1920 United States Federal Census Bessie Nelson. No year of immigration. Alien. Born in New York. Husband Harry Nelson. Immigrated in 1908 from Norway; has first papers. West Hoboken is now Union City, Hudson County, New Jersey. Bessie was correctly described as an alien in the 1920 census. In ..read more
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Error on Marriage Certificate
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1M ago
Samuel Schwartz and Hani "Annie" Perlstein settled in Jersey City, New Jersey after their arrival from Hungary in the 1880s. I wanted to know the names of their parents and their hometown. A marriage record is a great place to possibly find this information. No match was found in the indexes of New Jersey, New York state, and New York City. However- there was an entry for Samuel Schwartz and Amelia Friedman in 1889 in New York City. Samuel and Annie's first child, Edward, was born in 1890 in Jersey City. In general, to find a marriage record, begin with the birth of the first child and work ba ..read more
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Kip's Castle and Another Bishop
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1M ago
Kip's Castle is a large mansion lying in Verona and Montclair in Essex County, New Jersey. It is remarkable because it was built in the style of a Norman castle, atop First Mountain, with spectacular views of the New York City skyline. The mansion is 9,000 square feet and sits atop eleven acres of land. I visited in December of 2024. My pictures will not do this marvel justice, so here is a video from YouTube. Before the castle became part of the Essex County Park System, various people and businesses occupied the structure. The original occupants were Frederic Ellsworth Kip (1862-1938) an ..read more
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Nurse Julia Flanagan 1857-1935
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1M ago
Cabinet card of a young woman by Sterry This cabinet card is a picture of a woman, standing, dressed in clothing typically worn by nurses in the late 1800s. The photographer was Sterry and Company of 520 and 522 Broadway in Albany, New York. In blue ink is written "Julia C Flanagan 1888." Backside of cabinet card of young woman by Sterry, Albany, New York This card resides in New Jersey, not Albany, so the search for Julia had to span both places. The Newark Sunday Call, a newspaper in New Jersey, detailed "The First Graduates of the Training School at the Asylum" in an art ..read more
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