{"id":29549,"date":"2018-03-01T10:32:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T15:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=29549"},"modified":"2018-03-01T10:32:33","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T15:32:33","slug":"using-one-wedding-announcement-to-find-multiple-cousins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/using-one-wedding-announcement-to-find-multiple-cousins.html","title":{"rendered":"Using One Wedding Announcement to Find Multiple Cousins"},"content":{"rendered":"

If your family comes from a small town, you\u2019ll often find that nearly everyone who was born in that town is related to you in some way. This is the case with many of my maternal cousins from Sanbornton<\/a>, Belknap County, New Hampshire.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Bay Meeting House, Sanbornton, New Hampshire, built in 1836. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I wanted to learn more about these Belknap County relatives, so I picked one of the surnames of my Sanbornton cousins \u2013 Huse \u2013 and searched for it, along with the keyword \u201cSanbornton,\u201d in GenealogyBank\u2019s Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Among the first few search results, I found a wedding announcement that mentions one of my Huse cousins:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Sanbornton, December 20, by Rev. V. E. Bunker, Mr. Orin D. Huse of Sanbornton to Miss Stella A. Porter of Laconia.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Source: GenealogyBank, Lake Village Times (Laconia, New Hampshire), 30 December 1871, page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I know that Orrin Daniel Huse<\/a> (1847-1919) was my cousin. The wedding announcement states that the presiding minister was Rev. V. E. Bunker \u2013 was he also my cousin?<\/p>\n

A quick search of FamilySearch.org shows that the Rev. Valentine Estabrooks Bunker (1811-1881)<\/a> is also a cousin of mine.<\/p>\n

And, let\u2019s look at the next wedding performed by the Rev. V. E. Bunker, a few days later, according to the same newspaper article:<\/p>\n

\u201cBy same, December 24, Mr. Stephen R. Sanborn to Miss Hattie A. Moulton; both of Laconia.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cBy same\u201d refers to the same minister, the Rev. Valentine Estabrooks Bunker.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m related to most of the Sanborn\u2019s from Belknap County, New Hampshire. So it\u2019s likely that Stephen R. Sanborn (1847-1934)<\/a> and his wife Harriet A. Moulton (1852-1937)<\/a> are also my cousins. I\u2019ll have to do a little more research to find out.<\/p>\n

Wow \u2013 multiple cousins in one wedding announcement section: brides, grooms and even the minister. Distant cousins \u2013 but still all my cousins just the same.<\/p>\n

What a lucky find!<\/p>\n

Genealogy Tip:<\/em><\/strong> Use weddings and obituaries to find new cousins by searching for your family\u2019s surname in one particular city and then researching each of them to see how they are also related to you. Find your family at GenealogyBank.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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