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Lives Behind the Records — the newsletter of Ancestors2Illinois
Each month I share what I have been wondering about, what the records revealed, and the puzzles that are still unsolved. Past issues are collected here; new ones arrive by email.
Past Issues
- Issue #2, September 2026 — The Jepson Family. Two young Swedes leave Skåne for Chicago: parish records, photographs from a 1980s visit home, and the house Martin bought before 1920.
- Issue #1, September 2026 — The Mason Family. Sampson Mason, the Baptist who would not take the oath, John Thomas Mason’s move west, and the farm that disappeared.
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Lives Behind the Records
Questions. Discoveries. Stories from Family History.
