tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927568741363784674.post7717931342298888796..comments2023-05-04T03:37:52.530-07:00Comments on Search Tip of the Day--Almost Every Day: Don't Forget the LadiesMichael John Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10785989524587275817noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927568741363784674.post-63423462641434078112013-02-28T06:54:55.917-08:002013-02-28T06:54:55.917-08:00Just last names are always good too, but, for me t...Just last names are always good too, but, for me that only works with unusual ones like my Trautvetter, Ufkes, and Rampley families (grin!). Barbara's comment brings up a good point about "women sometimes having the money," which explains why one of my wife's families in Chicago in the 1880s it is the WIFE, not the HUSBAND, who is buying the home, mortgaging it and paying it off. <br /><br />Sometimes we get hung up on searching by ladies with their maiden name that we forget that in many records they're listed with their married name. Michael John Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785989524587275817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927568741363784674.post-30076996058509148022013-02-28T05:36:39.965-08:002013-02-28T05:36:39.965-08:00Abigail Adams said, "Remember the ladies.&quo...Abigail Adams said, "Remember the ladies." Good advice, Michael. I have also at times searched only the last name and found some things I would have missed otherwise.Kim Elizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927568741363784674.post-69147596452140693362013-02-27T07:57:38.272-08:002013-02-27T07:57:38.272-08:00Great reminder, Michael! I searched GenealogyBank...Great reminder, Michael! I searched GenealogyBank for relatives who lived in Colorado Springs in the 1900-1940s. Since their last name was relative uncommon, I only used that. Turned out all but one of the references was either for the wife or for their daughter. The only one for the husband was his obit.! Turned out, his wife owned all their real estate (and quite a bit at that)--don't know why! Daughter was single, a music teacher and quite the mountaineer.Barbara Moorhousenoreply@blogger.com