BARB'S GENEALOGY TIDBITS- MY COUSIN ROY DIED

 Doing family history always allows connections with family.

My cousin Roy was the inspiration for me to do this blog.

He died Friday August 30 2026.

Roy Ellis. The youngest son of my Uncle Norman Ellis.

So my connection to my Mom's maiden name ELLIS,

Roy lived in Manitoba mostly Carmen then Winnipeg for his adult years. He was an entomologist by profession.

2 children. 5 grandchildren.

Roy Ellis- May 6, 1944 to August 30, 2026. His ashes will be scattered at the family cottage on the Manitoba/Ontario border.

I will miss him.

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BARB'S GENEALOGY TIDBITS- WORKING ON THE ALTON-HARKER-CORNEILLE LINES

 My Alton binder needed some organizing and review.

The Alton, Harker, Corneille lines has so much information.

I want to declutter and make it clear for family.

So I will be making smaller duotang folders for family histories.

I forgot how much information I had on the Palatine history in Germany and the lines that went to Ireland before coming to Canada.

I belong to the Irish Palatine Group through OGS so I may write something for the newsletter.

I have lots of duplication and information I double checked when more census and databases were added.

I will probably include some of that information here online so it will not get lost when I can no longer take care of the information.

So back to organizing.

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BARB'S GENEALOGY TIDBITS- GETTING BACK TO WRITING THOSE STORIES

 Reviewing so much of my research, it is now time to continue writing the stories.

I will reconnect with people who have contributed to my family knowledge. 

One area is my husband's Italian roots.

A wonderful place is the Cassino Group Facebook page. I have posted many pictures there as well as short stories.

I have found some birth, marriage and other pictures too for my use.

Many people who research post all their findings for others to use.

I was fortunate when I started researching in 1984 to have a mother-in-law Concetta Maturndola Di Mambro provide all Adolph's line to all his great-grandparents. Now with research in that group I am going to start to go back further. I do have some of his lines from current Italian second cousins who are researching. 

Of course digital and weeding duplicate paper copies of information is an onging process.

Photos from World War Two of Cassino.

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