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Close to Identifying My Immigrant Great Grandfather Jose Robledo’s Birth Date and Parents’ Names

June 18, 2015 by Colleen Greene 1 Comment

Close to Identifying My Immigrant Great Grandfather Jose Robledo’s Birth Date and Parents’ Names

Two new documents found last month helped me to finally start busting down another 15+ year old brick wall, providing the first references to the names of my great-grandfather José Robledo’s parents. Not even Dad, his cousins, or his uncle (José’s sole living child) know the names of these individuals.

People Referenced: Nieto Compean, Maria Hermalinda (1887-1974), Robledo Sanches, Jose Pablo (1879-1937)
Applicable Surnames: Robledo, Sanches
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: church records, deaths, Hispanic, identity, immigration, Mexico

Baptism Record And Church For Michael John Flanagan (1927)

November 4, 2013 by Colleen Greene Leave a Comment

Baptism Record And Church For Michael John Flanagan (1927)

While cleaning out my email inbox this weekend, I came across a photo one of my cousins snapped of my orphaned grandfather Michael John Flanagan’s (1927-1997) baptism record. He shot this quickly a couple years ago with his iPhone. I’ve been holding off posting it until I could get a good scanned copy of the […]

People Referenced: Flanagan, Michael John (1927-1997), Flanagan, Patrick Thomas (1897-1928), Kennedy, Sarah (d. 1930)
Applicable Surnames: Bodman, Burke, Darnley, Flanagan, Kennedy, Lynch
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: church records, New York

Genealogical Inspirations: That Very First Kind Look-Up Volunteer

March 29, 2012 by Colleen Greene 1 Comment

Genealogical Inspirations: That Very First Kind Look-Up Volunteer

This is part of my “Genealogical Inspirations” series highlighting some of my key milestones, to commemorate the release on Monday of the 1940 US Census. In 2002, I was able to beat down a big brick wall that I’d faced the first year I started researching my own family history — trying to find any […]

People Referenced: Flanagan, Harry J. (b. 1920), Flanagan, Michael John (1927-1997), Flanagan, Patrick "Pat" Joseph (1925-1981), Ward, Joseph (b. 1916), Ward, Leonard Luther (b. 1917)
Applicable Surnames: Bodman, Burke, Darnley, Flanagan, Kennedy, Lynch
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: church records, Germany, New York, orphans

Anniversaries: Maria Aurelia Compean Born 154 Years Ago Today

January 1, 2012 by Colleen Greene 1 Comment

Anniversaries: Maria Aurelia Compean Born 154 Years Ago Today

Maria Aurelia Compean (1858-1963) One-hundred fifty-four years ago today, on January 1, 1858, my great-great-grandmother Maria Aurelia Compean was reputedly born (I don’t yet have an actual birth record for her).  Maria, who went by her middle name Aurelia, is better known to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren as “Little Grandma”. Biographical Snapshot Maria Aurelia Compean was […]

People Referenced: Compean Sanches, Maria Aurelia (1858-1963)
Applicable Surnames: Compean, Nieto, Sanches
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: births, church records, Hispanic, Mexico

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