Archival Report, June 2017

Recently the ACGS Library received a donation of books from Allen’s cousin, Patrick Voisine. Patrick mailed the books from his home in Illinois. Some of the abbreviated titles are: Dean & Kavannah Report; Irish Arrivals in Canada by Terrance Punch-4 vols; Baptisms of St. Andre, Kamouraska 1791-1940 Births & Deaths St. Hilaire, NB 1869-2009; Births […]

President’s Message, June 2017

I just asked my mother a question about the dog they had when she was a kid. That lead her to telling me some things her father did before he died. The evening before he died he brought my grandmother and my great grandmother to see me. Apparently he did other things not long before […]

Naturalization Records

In the U.S., before 1906, people could go to any courthouse to become a citizen. Apparently you could start the process in one court and finish it in another. Papers filed after 27 Sept. 1906 have more info than prior: Declaration of Intent/1st papers Petition for Naturalization/2nd or final papers Certificate of Naturalization. The government […]

You may see these words used in old newspapers and I’ve seen them on tombstones: consort: wife, husband, companion, a deceased woman who leaves behind a surviving spouse relict: surviving spouse usually a widow, an archaic word  

Gleanings

Gleanings from a Sept. 2015 Family Tree Magazine, NEHGS e-newsletters and my own research. Tombstones at military cemeteries are in uniform lines. The emblems on them are not all Christian crosses, Stars of David or the Islam crescent and star. The National Cemetery Administration has a list of 65 emblems that may be found on […]