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From: Kathy and David Holland <>
Subject: Re: Hollands, what do I do next?
Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2001 13:30:32 -0700
References: <200109011917.f81JH3T05845@lists5.rootsweb.com>


Theresa,

It seems that you have taken all the right first steps. One other suggestion I might make is to look for an obituary in the local papers where your grandfather died. If he did not die in your area and you cannot travel there, you may be able to request an interlibrary loan either at your local public library or LDS if you can identify a source. Try the USGenWeb site for the county where he died. There may be someone willing to do lookups for free. Obits can often provide useful info that you never expected, including those personal details that help breathe life into our ancestors. Good luck.

David Holland

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Theresa Ryder [mailto:]
> Sent: 30 August 2001 21:29
> To:
> Subject: Hollands, what would you do next?
>
> Okay, here's my Holland dilemma, which I guess is a beginning
> genealogy dilemma.
>
> I have my grandfather's name as William Henry Holland. It's the
> name he used on his wedding certificate, the 1910 census and it's
> on his death certificate.
>
> He says on the census that his mother is from Pennsylvania and his
> father is from England, and that he himself was born in Iowa. It
> says on his death certificate that he was born in New Hampton, Iowa.
>
> People have dug around New Hampton, Iowa area church records a bit
> for me, and I've been over the censuses for the time period several
> times, both for the county that New Hampton is in and surrounding
> counties, and I cannot find any Hollands, much less any with a son
> named William Henry.
>
> I've got no living relatives or family bibles or anything like
> that. What do I try next to figure out my grandfather's parents names?
>
> Theresa
>
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> Subject: Re: IRISH HOLLANDS
> Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 09:52:11 -0300
> From: "Michael and Ileen Kane" <>
> To:
>
> The Hollands I am researching originate from Jeremiah Holland,
> born about 1785 in Bantry, Cork. His wife was Johanna Lardy.
>
> They had sons John, James, Thomas, Charles and Jeremiah.
>
> All moved to Nova Scotia around 1820.
> They settled in Duncan's Cove, near Halifax and became seafarers
> and Halifax harbour pilots.
>
> Mike Kane
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 8:21 PM
> Subject: IRISH HOLLANDS
>
> > How about some Irish Hollands ? My earliest known was Martin, born 1832
> in
> > Co. Monaghan. He immigrated to the U.S. around 1850. Lived in Illinois
> and
> > Nebraska. Wife Margaret MCMAHON. Children were James, John, Laurence,
> > Alice, Martin Bernard, Mary, Francis, Joseph, Margaret.
> >
> >

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