Do you ever wonder how people come up with their children’s names? Sometimes it’s easy if they are a junior or have a name like John or Elizabeth and then sometimes you have to search a little deeper. I wrote about my great-grandfather, Eli Bernard Stabley, a few months ago. You can read about himContinue reading “Surnames As Middle Names”
Tag Archives: Pennsylvania
52 Ancestors – Week 10: Translation
A few years ago I visited Saint Paul’s Lebanon Lutheran Cemetery in Felton, York, Pennsylvania. I have many relatives who are buried there with surnames of Stabley/Stabler, Flinchbaugh, and Sechrist. It was a beautiful day to quietly wander through the headstones and enjoy the peacefulness that surrounded me. Most of the headstones were in English,Continue reading “52 Ancestors – Week 10: Translation”
Finding The Details
Census records are one of the most fundamental records in which to find your ancestors. They give so much information and provide clues to other records we can search for. But they are just a snapshot of place and time every 10 years. If you want to find out what happened between census years youContinue reading “Finding The Details”