Over the weekend, I had a great confirmation and discovery! My mother’s paternal grandfather had been quite elusive for us in official records. With the help of a fellow researcher, we did think we found him in the 1900 census living a few doors away from the woman he would eventually marry, my great-grandmother Lucinda. If this was he, then we would finally have his parents names – William & Rebecca. Well, I was waiting to receive his death certificate from the state of NY and it came Saturday. Sure enough, his parents were William & Rebecca! My mother and I are quite thrilled about this! We have now added a new generation.
In other genealogy news, I have picked up a new genealogy book and my mother found two more over the weekend that she is sending to me. I’ll post more on them later. So far, I am learning quite a bit from the reading I have been doing on genealogical research.