I'm always so excited when I get a genealogy record back in the mail, and I recently received the death certificate for Timothy J. Mahoney. He died in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey on May 22nd, 1921. His parents were listed as John Mahoney and Bridget Buckley, and he was born in Ireland in 1865. From census … Continue reading Researching Timothy J. Mahoney – born in Ireland and died in New Jersey in 1921
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Searching Federal Census Records – Mirota Surname
October is National Family History Month, and one of the ways to search for your family is through census records. If you watch any of the TV genealogy shows, you will notice that the census records are almost always checked very early on in the search. It used to be in the USA that you … Continue reading Searching Federal Census Records – Mirota Surname
Surname Saturday – Wasik Family
Surname Saturday looks at the history behind our family names. "Wasik Name Meaning. Polish (Wasik): descriptive nickname from a diminutive of was ‘moustache’ (see Was).Polish and Ukrainian: from a pet form of the personal name Wasyl, Polish form of Greek Basileios (see Basil). Eastern German: nickname from Sorbian wasik ‘crawler’" [Source: ancestry.com]. There are two … Continue reading Surname Saturday – Wasik Family
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