Tag: James Walton
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From Sweden to Chicago for a Better Life
Both of my maternal grandfather’s parents were immigrants. Grandpa’s father arrived in his mother’s arms. James Walton was just seven months old when he and his parents traveled from the Isle of Man to Cleveland Ohio. Grandpa’s mother sailed alone across the Atlantic Ocean from Sweden to Chicago when she was 15…
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A Second Look at December
Organizing one’s family history research is practically a full time job, isn’t it? I already have a full time job, so I have to get (and stay!) organized to make the most of the tiny windows of time I have available to actually do research. December first I began scanning records…
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