{"id":12214,"date":"2016-01-08T10:43:47","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T15:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=12214"},"modified":"2017-02-21T15:00:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T20:00:09","slug":"finding-bion-whitehouse-how-initials-can-help-your-ancestry-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/finding-bion-whitehouse-how-initials-can-help-your-ancestry-search.html","title":{"rendered":"Finding Bion Whitehouse: How Initials Can Help Your Ancestry Search"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been looking at my Whitehouse cousins of Keene, New Hampshire, this week and was wrapping up the details of Bion Huntley Whitehouse (1858-1929) and his wife Mabel Medora (Wilder) Whitehouse (1871-1938).<\/p>\n

In looking at GenealogyBank\u2019s Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a>, I searched using his first and last name: Bion Whitehouse. I found a handful of newspaper articles<\/a>, including this one that stated he was elected secretary of the Masonic lodge: Eureka Lodge No. 9, Order of the Golden Lion in 1891.<\/p>\n

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New Hampshire Sentinel (Keene, New Hampshire), 4 February 1891, page 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another article reported that he \u201cis taking a ten days\u2019 trip about Sunapee Lake.\u201d<\/p>\n

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New Hampshire Sentinel (Keene, New Hampshire), 5 August 1891, page 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And this one stated that he \u201chas bought the Amos Ross place near Wilson pond, West Keene.\u201d<\/p>\n

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New Hampshire Sentinel (Keene, New Hampshire), 18 December 1889, page 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On a hunch, I searched for Bion again in GenealogyBank<\/a> \u2013 but this time I searched using his initials with his last name instead of using his first name.<\/p>\n

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Source: GenealogyBank.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am glad that I did.<\/p>\n

By searching on this variation of his name I found the obituary<\/a> of his first wife \u2013 information that I didn\u2019t have.<\/p>\n

\"obituary<\/a>
New Hampshire Sentinel (Keene, New Hampshire), 9 April 1890, page 8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Genealogy Tip:<\/em><\/strong> Be sure you discover all of the articles about your relatives. An extra search, such as using only their initials, can sometimes yield critical information for documenting your family tree.<\/p>\n

Related Name Search Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n