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Sally Lucille (Irwin) Buntyn (1942-2022)

My Mama passed away this spring. I wrote her obituary for the funeral home. Shee is buried in Brookside Memorial Park, Houston, Texas, next to Daddy. They share a lovely double memorial stone. Sally Lucille Irwin Buntyn, age 79, of Houston, Texas passed away April 10, 2022. Sally was born October 15, 1942 in Houston, […]

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Joe Stanley Buntyn Jr. (1940-2021)

My Daddy passed away last summer. I wrote his obituary for the funeral home. He is buried in Brookside Memorial Park, Houston, Texas. Joe Stanley Buntyn, Jr., age 80, of Houston, Texas passed away June 15, 2021. Joe was born October 21, 1940 in Houston, the eldest child of Joe Stanley Buntyn and Alma Louise […]

My journey into name collecting as part of genealogy research

“Hi, I’m Sara and I’m a name collector,” is how I imagine walking into a meeting of Genealogists Anonymous.  “Hi Sara, welcome to our judgement-free zone,” is the imagined response. “Name collecting” has negative connotations in the genealogy community, a feeling that you aren’t doing your research in the “right way”, maybe just grabbing at […]

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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks – 2019 – #1 “First”

I recently joined Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge. I’ll receive a prompt for each week to write and share something about an ancestor.  This week’s prompt is “First” – it can be interpreted however I choose.  I’m going to write about the first time I learned about family history and genealogy, in […]

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1940 Census, Buntyn Households

I find so little time right now to work on my genealogy. Sometimes it seems like months go by without a chance to do any online research.  And forget going to Clayton Library – I haven’t had a free afternoon to do that in a couple of years.  But tonight I was looking at a […]

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Louisiana Death Records

I thought I’d test out the Louisiana Death Index (1850-1875; 1894-1954) available at pilot.familysearch.org. I entered the surname BUNTYN, pulled up 28 exact and close matches. The very first entry on the list was for Jenks CAUGHLIN, spouse Almeda BUNTYN. I have been looking for this Almeda/Almedia BUNTYN and her husband, “Mr. COUGHLIN” for a […]

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World War I Draft Registration

Today, I’m searching the Ancestry.com database for World War I Draft Registration cards, 1917-1918. I’m looking for a lot of names, and I’ll use different search strategies for different names. For example, when I search for the surname BUNTYN, I usually search three ways: 1.  I search for the exact name 2.  I truncate the […]