I’ve been wanting to know more about the parents of Hulda WACH (i.e., my third great-grandparents), but have only had a few pieces of information: the surname and the mother’s first name (Amelia). I’ve talked about this brick wall a few times here on my blog, and in fact, just wrote about it a few days ago for Randy’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun post.
Had I entered the information from the death certificates I collected a few weeks ago, I wouldn’t have needed to write that information in the last post. Why? Because I found Hulda’s brother’s death certificate…and it lists the names of the parents, including…wait for it…Amelia’s maiden name! So I now know that my third great-grandparents are Henry WACH and Amelia WIETZKE. Woo-hoo!! Making progress. Happy dance!!
3 comments:
I often can be heard yelling out "score" upon finding a tidbit of info that I have been searching for. My family already knows I'm nuts so they don't even take notice any more.
You crack me up, Lori!
That's awesome you found her maiden name! I love death certificates. I collect as many as I can because they have been really good tools at mapping individual families. Keep up the good work!
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