Compelling Evidence of My 3rd Great-grandparents! 6 January 2017

Today was an Allwardt day!  Again because of the training, I took a closer look, along with one of the new missionaries, at the image of the 1819 Mecklenburg-Schwerin census, that seemed to have a record of my 2nd great-grandfather--but the date was off by a month.  The record seemed to indicate that he was the child [along with 3 others] of Jochim Allwardt and Sophia Schneider, and it listed their birth dates and places.

There were definitely some reproter and indexer mistakes, but one of the native German missionaries helped me in several ways. She explained that the abbreviation "Joch." was for the name "Jochim", which is a different name than the "Joachim" my ancestor used here in the United States.determine where to look to see if records were available--and the answer was "Yes!" I was able to find the record of my 2nd great-grandfather's birth and christening record, nicely written and easy to read--with my 3rd great-grandparents' names very clearly stated!

The next round of looking was less successful.  Although the census gave dates and places of birth for all the individuals involved, I was unable to find them so far in the extensive records for the area.  I will have to keep looking. Like housework, family history is never done! There is always more to do.

This morning was the first time that I felt really cold while walking to the Library.  Apparently the temperature was about 4 above zero.  That is just plain cold, humidity or no humidity.

It had been my plan to go to the dollar store this afternoon, but what I had somewhat feared had happened.  The snow storm earlier this week was preceded by temperatures in the 40s--and rain.  The car now has a blanket of ice, so even though I was able to remove most of the snow, the ice remains.  As it turned out, I had to walk back to the Library because I had left my flashdrive in one of the computers there.  I am glad I did, because there were a couple of people looking for me, including the couple who will get married in less than a month--they wanted to give me an invitation to their temple wedding, which is quite an honor. I will be delighted to attend!

My Sweetheart called me this morning while he was warming up his car after work--Missouri is having North Pole weather also.   Then we talked again tonight--it is such a blessing to be able to communicate every day.