tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post2164774268709839219..comments2024-03-05T11:10:29.953-05:00Comments on My Ancestors and Me: Elizabeth Froman Proud - 52 AncestorsNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-39475699494601766882014-06-30T12:45:41.103-04:002014-06-30T12:45:41.103-04:00Hi, Michael. I've been unable to find an obit...Hi, Michael. I've been unable to find an obituary. Though her daughter, Lina Proud, appears abundantly in newspaper articles, Elizabeth seemed to fly under the radar. Maybe in the future some source will become available and I'll find more about her. Thanks for the suggestion of Justice of the Peace's record books. I hadn't thought of it.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-23578696107285632072014-06-30T12:31:34.210-04:002014-06-30T12:31:34.210-04:00And the sad thing, Wendy, is that my father probab...And the sad thing, Wendy, is that my father probably knew Elizabeth! And I bemoan the adage that the only time a woman's name should appear in the newspaper is when she is married and when she dies. If only....Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-62791635146076597272014-06-13T20:52:06.215-04:002014-06-13T20:52:06.215-04:00Unfortunately, there are few civil marriage record...Unfortunately, there are few civil marriage records for Pennsylvania prior to 1885. An obituary might tell you, otherwise you will need to find either the right church or the Justice of the Peace's record book for the township.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16629740511002913794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-42501238830237342472014-06-13T06:33:01.109-04:002014-06-13T06:33:01.109-04:00I know the feeling. Ordinary lives reduced to a f...I know the feeling. Ordinary lives reduced to a few legal documents. Unless you come from a family in which someone wrote letters and diaries and someone else kept them instead of throwing them away, it's a challenge to find something more interesting or revealing.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.com