With the obituaries, death record transcriptions, and funeral home transcriptions obtained in Wabash, Indiana this past week, I now have names of several children of two of the grandchildren of Anthony and Eliza Jane Wise Hoffman that may be living in Wabash County.
Last week I ordered obituaries for Minnie Hoffman Fluke and her husband Perry. Those were received on Friday from the Ashland County Public Library (Ohio). They had three children, Kelsey; Florence, who married Harry D. Sites; and Helen Rose Fluke. The obituaries for Minnie and Perry stated that they had six grandsons. With that information I was able to find entries in various online obituary databases and have ordered six more obituaries from Wayne and Ashland Counties Ohio. It looks like there is a good possibility that there may be living grandchildren of Kelsey Fluke and Florence Fluke Sites. I'll know more once I get the copies of those obituaries.
Since there are so many changes and additional information, rather than update the initial post on Eliza's family, I'm going to wait until the obituaries are received from Ohio and see what else can be found.
I still need to review the information that was found earlier this week on the family of Ella Mohler, who was mentioned in Eliza's obituary as her sister.
It's been fun researching these past two weeks!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Recommended Reading - But Now I'm Found
Periodically I check Chris Dunham's Genealogy Blog Finder What's New page to see if there are any new blogs that look interesting to me.
This morning, I was impressed with But Now I'm Found, subtitled "Genealogy Blog in Black and White" written by jenuinely. Not that it really matters, but she also happens to be a Hoosier; a native of Gary, Indiana.
The blog is new for her, started in January this year, but her interest in and enthusiasm for genealogy goes back ten years. Her posts are well-written and provide insight into the unique problems associated with researching African-American slave ancestors.
Her website Say My Name chronicles the story of some of her family and the places where they lived. I haven't read all the pages on her site, yet, but plan to return to finish reading them all. It is very interesting and, for me, provides a view into yet another aspect of this world of ours.
This morning, I was impressed with But Now I'm Found, subtitled "Genealogy Blog in Black and White" written by jenuinely. Not that it really matters, but she also happens to be a Hoosier; a native of Gary, Indiana.
The blog is new for her, started in January this year, but her interest in and enthusiasm for genealogy goes back ten years. Her posts are well-written and provide insight into the unique problems associated with researching African-American slave ancestors.
Her website Say My Name chronicles the story of some of her family and the places where they lived. I haven't read all the pages on her site, yet, but plan to return to finish reading them all. It is very interesting and, for me, provides a view into yet another aspect of this world of ours.