New member

[Cecelia]

Hallo!
My name is Cecelia and I am a new member to the group. I live in southeast PA but am originally from north Jersey.
I am doing my family tree currently but coming up against a brick wall when it comes to my fathers side. I had been told in my much younger years there was a name change creating what is now my last name. Unfortunately, my dad passed away when I was ten and didn't get nearly enough info to support this possible rumor. I am now searching Ancestry.com using the name I was told was the orignal family name-there are so many pages to look through that I'm doing it in stages to keep my sanity (o:
Anyway, it's nice to be here among other folks doing the same type of investigative work, lol!
Cecelia

[cooperkvrs]

Hi Cecelia!,

 

Welcome!

 

Where in Jersey is your family from?

 

I am a genealogist/researcher from NJ – my family, as did many, came from Germany/Alsace, to NYC, pit-stopping there as the family broke up and moved in different directions of the States.

 

My portion moved to Newark, NJ, where other family were waiting – if you would like help, give me a shout.  My e-add is listed below!

 

Kelly Vogel-Cooper

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From: Cecelia [via German Genealogy Group Forum] [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 10:11 PM
To: cooperkvrs
Subject: New member

 

Hallo!
My name is Cecelia and I am a new member to the group. I live in southeast PA but am originally from north Jersey.
I am doing my family tree currently but coming up against a brick wall when it comes to my fathers side. I had been told in my much younger years there was a name change creating what is now my last name. Unfortunately, my dad passed away when I was ten and didn't get nearly enough info to support this possible rumor. I am now searching Ancestry.com using the name I was told was the orignal family name-there are so many pages to look through that I'm doing it in stages to keep my sanity (o:
Anyway, it's nice to be here among other folks doing the same type of investigative work, lol!
Cecelia

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[Judd Kramarcik]

Hi Cecelia,

Chipping away at brick walls can be time consuming and frustrating.
However the thrill of finding new pieces of the puzzle are well worth it.  A lot of time going local helps.  I have some relatives from New Jersey.  Visiting the local library in New Brunswick helped a great deal with a brick wall because they have on-line paper searches and microfilm papers dating back to the 1870s.
Also as a recent suggestion from a GGG member, visiting local surrogate courts to find wills has been a good resource.  I traveled to Norwalk CT and found the will and distribution of property of my gg grandfather that died in 1898. Persistence is the key.
Good Luck!

[Linda]

Hi Cecelia-

Don't know if you've solved your mystery, but there is an online database from the NJ State Archives where you can search legal name changes from 1847-1947. You can search without buying the certificate. Here's a link:

https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/index.aspx

Good luck.