tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768077704812123238.post4050608132988944406..comments2023-10-25T12:07:16.279-04:00Comments on CLAUDIAS GENEALOGY BLOG: FINDING GREAT GRANDFATHERS SIBLINGSClaudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02714440790407126206noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768077704812123238.post-62732571366739727032014-06-28T23:29:01.886-04:002014-06-28T23:29:01.886-04:00I search sideways (siblings of direct ancestors) i...I search sideways (siblings of direct ancestors) in the hopes of finding the father's and mother's town/city of origin noted on a death certificate. I haven't been so lucky yet, but I keep hoping!<br /><br />Google newspapers has 4 or 5 Pittsburgh newspapers. If you go to the newspaper I think you can search for a name there (instead of searching all of google newspapers). The link for the newspapers is http://news.google.com/newspapers. Then you'll have to scroll down to the newspapers that begin with P. <br /><br />I noticed that ancestry has a collection of PA and NJ church and town records from 1708 to 1985 at http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2451. I found several ancestors there (but the indexed locations were not accurate).<br /><br />Good luck with your searches, Claudia! It's sometimes such a challenge.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768077704812123238.post-84443560107753568602014-06-28T22:15:15.177-04:002014-06-28T22:15:15.177-04:00I have to agree - I am having a lot of fun explori...I have to agree - I am having a lot of fun exploring Pennsylvania Death Certificates on Ancestry.com! Pittsburgh area for my maternal grandmother's extended family and Philadelphia for my mother-in-law's maternal extended family. It is hard to decide how far to research, but I do like to confirm parent names if I can find them on several siblings' death certificates. With my husband's Jewish ancestry, I can't go very far back in time, so I do tend to "work sideways" more. Ultimately I hope to use the FAN (friends, associates, neighbors) principle to confirm which shtetl in Europe some of these ancestors came from.Elizabeth Handlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529452862369140506noreply@blogger.com