Tag: Mary Adrian

Passenger Lists

By Thomas Jay Kemp on June 13, 2009

GenealogyBank is growing – it now has nearly 300 million items. This morning I found this passenger list – published as a souvenir handbill that was likely given to the passengers on the steamship Silesia when it left on Tuesday November 30, 1869 bound for Plymouth, Cherbourg, London and Hamburg. In addition to the... (Read More)

Was TV Series Who Do You Think You Are? Inspired by Minnesota Newspaper Series?

By Thomas Jay Kemp on June 12, 2009

The popular British TV series – Who Do You Think You Are? is now in it’s seventh season. It has focused on tracing the family history of UK movie stars and celebrities.   In sifting through the old newspapers I found this regular column – Whom Did He Marry? by Mary Adrian. Was it... (Read More)