Genealogical Gems

This is my daughter Mary. As you can see my baby is expecting so I thought this would be a cool Wednesday's Child posting! She is due 6 June. Baby by the way is a girl.

Kyrlo & Lena Monko buried at Holy Ghost Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery Valley Township, Chester County, PA Kyrlo 1881 - 1955 Lena 1893 - 1963     Tombstone Tuesday is a genealogical prompt of GeneaBloggers.

The early-bird registration discount ends tomorrow on Tuesday, 20 March for the NGS 2012 Family History Conference. The Conference will be held 9 – 12 May at the Duke Energy Convention Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. By registering early, you will enjoy a $35 discount and only early birds will be able to order a printed syllabus. NGS members enjoy even greater discounts. According to the NGS, as of this morning space is still available for most conference social events and workshops including the Friday night NGSQ 100th Anniversary Reception, Tuesday bus tour, museum center tour and dinner, and the NGS luncheon that features local celebrity, Dan Hurley. To register online, visit the NGS website at http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/attendee_registration and complete the registration form. 

In researching my husband's DEYOE line, I have started to seek out maps from that time frame which might lend a clue. I wish I could recall where I acquired this map. It is an 1829 map of Greene County, NY. Hubby's maternal grandfather was MORGAN DEYOE. Morgan did settle in Philadelphia but the rest of the Deyoes are in Greene County, NY. Morgan was the son of Daniel G. Deyoe and Louise Sharp. Louise is my mystery woman for that line!

Louise Sharp Deyoe is quite hard to find. Family rumors have circled about her origins and one goal is to confirm or deny them positively. She is my husband's maternal great grandmother and they family has always claimed that she is a Mescalareo. No one however has any proof. One of my goals (continued over from last year) this year is to confirm her ancestry - be it Native American or not. Louise was born in 1838 in New York State, according to the 1850 and 1880 censuses. She married Daniel G. Deyoe in 1870. An internet source agreed on the year and included Claverack, Columbia, NY as the marriage location. Their son Morgan is my husband's grandfather. He was born in NY and came down to Philadlephia for work, met Julia Coursault, married and stayed in Philadelphia. Louise eludes me though. I can find no record of her father. I found a 12 year old  Louise Sharp on the 1850 NY Census living with a 32 year old Sarah Sharp. Both claimed to be white and from NY. Now the fami...

Funeral Card Friday today features John Dmytryk. It's hard to believe it's been almost a year since he passed. May His Memory Be Eternal. John by the way is buried at the Holy Ghost Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery in Valley Township, Chester County, PA.