Tag: marriage records

Do-It- Yourself Research

Carol Cooke Darrow writes Geneology Rocks! column in 50 Plus Marketplace News for northern Colorado seniors

If you’ve been watching “Who Do You Think You Are,” you may be impressed that the expert genealogists find records and trace families back five, six, or seven generations in less than an hour. It can be exciting! But a visit by Joshua Taylor, genealogist and host of the current “Genealogy Roadshow,” let us in …

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Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

Carol Cooke Darrow writes Geneology Rocks! column in 50 Plus Marketplace News for northern Colorado seniors

In the last couple of months I’ve written about sorting out men with the same name. But often the ladies are the ones that give us the most trouble. They all seem to be named Mary, Sarah or Elizabeth. Frequently, they have no last name – only the surname of their spouse. How are we …

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