Tag Archives: newspapers

A Coal Miner’s Great Granddaughter

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Our Lineage

This is the 110th anniversary of a series of Cardiff Mine explosions in Cardiff, Illinois. I first learned about the explosions when I was researching my grandfather’s birth location. He was born January 26, 1902, in Cardiff, Livingston County, Illinois. … Continue reading →

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Have you utilized newspapers in your research?

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Our Lineage

In my previous post, I found Charlie Humphreys.  Among the 14 ancestors that I found that day, was a young lady named Millicent Price.  An older relative mentioned that she remembered talk that there was some sort of ‘scandal’ involved with … Continue reading →

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