I noticed on GeneaBloggers website that one of their popular writing prompts is called Matrilineal Mondays. The concept is simple: Post about some one from the female line of one of the families you are researching. I quickly decided it was a great idea and that I would write about Amy Fettie for my first … Continue reading Matrilineal Monday – Amy Fettie (circa 1748 – 1793)
Marriage Records
Double Wedding Held On Thanksgiving Day
This lovely wedding portrait is of the double wedding of Mary Mirota to James Doran and Stefania Mosch Mitak to Joseph Mirota. It's from November 25, 1948, and was taken in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey. Credits go to Lou's Photo Studio, 98 Park Ave., Flemington, NJ. Although a black and white photo, the studio added … Continue reading Double Wedding Held On Thanksgiving Day
Photos of the Week – “My Wedding Day” by Genevieve Mirota,1934
The photographs this week are from the wedding of Genevieve "Jennie" Mirota to Theodore Lubas on 18 August 1934 at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey. Jennie was from Readington Township in Hunterdon County and Ted was from Belle Mead in Montgomery Township, Somerset County. Both sets of parents … Continue reading Photos of the Week – “My Wedding Day” by Genevieve Mirota,1934