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Tag: Batavia Historical Society

• Åman Genealogical Organizations Genealogy Tolf

  Geneva History Museum

  While I pondered about a genealogical to-do list for my recent trip to Chicago, I submitted a question to the Rootsweb ILKane mailing list: “Hello all, My 3rd great-grandmother Helena (nee Åman) Tolf died 13 Jan 1901. According to her obituaries, she died in Batavia and is buried at West Batavia Cemetery.…

  April 19, 2015
• Åman Genealogy Tolf

  From Known to Unknown

  Beginner genealogists are encouraged to start with what they know and work backward toward facts as yet unknown. But in the case of my third great-grandmother, I know more about her 1822 birth then I do about her 1901 death: Lena Stina, or Helena Christina as she would later be…

  February 28, 2015