Sources: www.find-a-grave.com and New York Times, Jan. 6, 2012
Genealogy and Records
County’s First Census in 1835
Source: Rockford Register-Republic, May 3, 1940
Veterans Who Have Passed–John Burpee Whitehead
Source: Rockford Register Star, Sept. 19, 2020.
DNA Reveals D-Day Love Story 75 Yrs. Later
Source: John Leicester, The Associated Press and Rockford Register Star, May 21, 2019.
Veterans Who Have Passed
Source: Rockford Register Star, Jan. 2, 2020.
Veterans Who Have Passed
Source: Rockford Register Star, December 3, 2019.
Obituary: Shirley E. Sherman
Source: Rockford Register Star, July 12, 2019.
“Using Genealogy to Reconstruct a Life: Chasing Uncle William through the Wilds of Cyberspace” 2018
Source: Postcard sent to library
“Orphan Train” ad, children from New York Juvenile Asylum – 1863
Source: Rock River Democrat newspaper, 9/30/1863
Scottish Post Office Directories online, 1773 – 1911, searchable
Scottish Post Office Directories, 1773 – 1911, searchable
https://digital.nls.uk/directories