My 3rd Blogiversary!

Today is my 3rd Blogiversary!

My first post was on Aug 21, 2008, and was entitled "The Myth of 'George Thomas' Frazier, Born 1725 Inverness, Scotland"

Have a great day!

Betty

© Betty Tartas  2011

Wedding Wednesday: The Marriage of Phebe Cordelia Brown & Charles Wallace Rhodes, Jan 1896 Sacramento, CA

My great grandfather's sister PHEBE CORDELIA BROWN (born April 12 1868 Sacramento, CA) married CHARLES WALLACE RHODES Jan 1896 in Sacramento, CA.  

CHARLES was from a prominent pioneer family in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.  I have no idea how they met, or what brought CHARLES to Sacramento.  

PHEBE lived in Victoria, BC Canada for the rest of her life, and had two daughters, ETHEL RHODES and MABEL RHODES.  ETHEL became a nurse, and later a nanny for the Tupper family; apparently she married a DOVEY and adopted two children. MABEL married FRANCIS MIDDLETON STERRY, who was born in England, and had two children with him, both born in Canada.  MABEL died Aug 31, 1930, and FRANCIS MIDDLETON STERRY returned to England with the two children, and raised them there. I believe the children and their descendants are still living in England. 

Source of article:  Sacramento Daily Record-Union, from the California Newspaper Digital Collection (CNDC website), from UC Riverside.

Have a great day!

Betty

© Betty Tartas  2011

Wedding Wednesday: The Marriage of Miss Gladys Brown and Joseph B Dryden, 1912 San Francisco CA (from the San Francisco Call newspaper)

From the San Francisco Call newspaper, Aug 2, 1912, an article on the wedding of my great aunt GLADYS BROWN who married JOSEPH B DRYDEN.  My grandmother RUBY and her sister GENEVIEVE are mentioned as bridesmaids. Source:  California Newspaper Digital Archive.

Have a great day!

Betty

© Betty Tartas  2011

Tuesday's Tip: The California Newspaper Digital Archive

If you are researching your family in California 1850 to 1900s, you may want to take a look at the California Newspaper Digital Archive,  a free online database from UC Riverside.

This database contains early newspapers from Sacramento, San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, and more.  The search function is easy to use, and the website even gives you the ability to "clip" only the article that you want, then download or print it!

While Ancestry.com does have some California newspapers, this website has a MUCH better search engine, directs you right to the object of your search with yellow highlighting,  and is MUCH more user friendly.  No more searching through an entire page of old newspaper to find what you are looking for!

I found nearly a dozen articles about my ancestors in Sacramento and San Francisco, all of which I had never seen before, and some of which provided me with some fascinating new info!! Also, I was able to find an obituary in Sacramento for my gg grandfathe HENRY "NEW HAMPSHIRE" (HNH) BROWN, which I needed to complete my (now-approved!) application to the Society of Mayflower Descendants!

Have a great day!

Betty

PS Thanks to Lynne Roberts, the lookup volunteer from Sacramento Genealogical Society, who referred me to the CNDC website!!

© Betty Tartas  2011