Re: my great grandmothet Maria (Mary) Stark
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my great grandmothet Maria (Mary) Stark
Donna Herriot 7/25/10
Here's a lesson in Genealogy 101.Don't start with somebody who was born long ago in another country.
Start with your parents and grandparents and document birth, marriage, and death dates for everyone in the family.
[Do not put anything online for the living members of your family.]
Google SSDI to find the Social Security Death Index.
That will help you to find obituaries by showing the last address on the record and the date of death.
For your ancestors, get birth, marriage, and death certificates, burial records, and obituaries.
Google "1930 census" to get some names and ages for other years.
Google FamilySearch.org for a database of the 1880 census.
Google Pilot.FamilySearch.org for the 1900 census.
Then post the information you've found with as many names, dates, and places as possible for your grandparents.