A Genealogy Great Resource
My quest continues… And lo and behold, I have made some headway in my very unattractive attempt to recreate my family history. My mother remembered her grandmother’s last name - although she cannot remember her first. It’s McClellan, which takes me back to my childhood days and the colorful stories my grandmother shared about growing up on Prince Edward Island (Canada). They always seemed like tales taken from Anne of Green Gables! Aside from my dear mum’s epiphany, I had my own light bulb moment. All this time my dad’s obituary has been sitting in my office, which lists the name of his mother - including her maiden name. So Ella Unknown is no longer a mystery - she is Ella Jasko. This got me thinking about obituaries in general, so I did a quick search on Google and found another great resource. It’s call ObitFinder, which, according to its Web site, “searches obituaries from more than 650 national and international newspapers and the US Social Security Death Tax Index to provide the most accurate and timely obituary information available.” I was able to acquire the birth and death dates for three of my grandparents using this in-depth site. Not bad for a novice… More pieces of the puzzle filled in.
Hope your journey is just as exciting!