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Heirloom Investigation: Where Did This Cutlery Set Come From? Part 2

I'm on a quest to find out more about a cutlery set that was recently given to me. Last week, we looked at the objects themselves and described them. I shared that my father-in-law recalled his grandmother used the set in her home, and that it had been passed on from his grandmother to his mother, and then to him. And I had some theories. This week, I'm sharing what I've found out about the set by following the clues. I researched in newspapers, a Sears catalog, various historical websites, and more. What did I find out?    Wyoming Cutlery Co., Formerly Sanson Cutlery Co. A newspaper notice announced the name change of the Sanson Cutlery Company of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to the Wyoming Cutlery Co ., in December 1895. A brief history of the Sanson Cutlery Co. appearing in another newspaper in December 1894 noted that the company had started in June 1887 and was established on Horton Street in Wilkes-Barre. 1 The Wyoming Cutlery Company began as Sanson Cutlery Company in...
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Behind the Stories: A Peek Behind the Research Curtain

Do you want to peek behind the genealogical curtain? 1

Have you ever wondered how I come up with information for my blog posts? It should come as no surprise that the stories all flow from research discoveries.

Genealogical research can be as simple as ordering a vital record, like a birth or death record. Or, it can be as complicated as researching multiple generations of a family line for a lineage society, or looking deeply at a person or event—and take several months to complete.

The constant in all my research? I invariably find many interesting stories along the way to answering a specific research question, and these stories beg to be told.

I recently focused on my Croatian great grandmother for a two-part blog series. The information I uncovered was the product of the "Research Like a Pro," research process I use, created by genealogists/podcasters Diana Shults Elder and Nicole Dyer. They kindly asked me to write about my project for their FamilyLocket blog.

So, if you'd like to peek behind my "genealogical curtain," dive into the blog post, "Identifying Reasons for Emigration Using the Research Like a Pro Process."2

Until next time...

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NOTES

1 Sir John Tenniel, Alice in Wonderland illustration, Project Gutenberg (https://bit.ly/2JNrG8s: accessed 6 April 2020). This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net.

2 Diana Elder and Nancy Gilbride Casey, "Identifying Reasons for Emigration Using the Research Like a Pro Process." FamilyLocket, 11 March 2020 (https://bit.ly/2JIvbx7 : accessed 6 April 2020).









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