My mom and dad drove to Salt Lake from California to stay with me a few days. My mom didn't care much for looking at microfilms, but the Library has a subscription to Newspaper Archives. She spent a few hours looking at old Forest Park Review newspapers (from Forest Park, IL). The clippings she found were about the Cleffs and/or Stanges. articles will add some color to my genealogy, and the clippings also provided some missing information (the surnames for several wives). My mom only got through about 90 articles out of 497 articles referencing the Stanges, so I'm sure she'll find many more. My dad tried to tackle his Briggs and Wallace lines, but came up pretty empty handed, which did not surprise me. I have been challenged in tracing the Briggs and Wallace lines as well.
Was not able to do much genealogy on Friday, my first day in Salt Lake, as the train ride took a toll on me. My train got in at 3:00 am. Even though I had just been in Salt Lake about six months ago, I had to re-acclimate myself to the Family History Library. As I wasn't up to any serious genealogy, I just searched some of the databases on the computer, as these databases are not available online, only at the Library. Yesterday, I was able to view three microfilms, but once I finished for the day, I realized although the microfilms I reviewed were ones I eventually need, the films weren't on the family lines I planned to work on. Since today is Sunday and the Library is closed, I will spend some time getting organized to tomorrow.
My mom and dad drove to Salt Lake from California to stay with me a few days. My mom didn't care much for looking at microfilms, but the Library has a subscription to Newspaper Archives. She spent a few hours looking at old Forest Park Review newspapers (from Forest Park, IL). The clippings she found were about the Cleffs and/or Stanges. articles will add some color to my genealogy, and the clippings also provided some missing information (the surnames for several wives). My mom only got through about 90 articles out of 497 articles referencing the Stanges, so I'm sure she'll find many more. My dad tried to tackle his Briggs and Wallace lines, but came up pretty empty handed, which did not surprise me. I have been challenged in tracing the Briggs and Wallace lines as well.
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