Category Archives: Mary Nickel (Great Great Grandmother)

Mary Nickel was Jackie’s great-great grandmother, the first of the Nickels to come to Baltimore from Bavaria. She operated a dairy farm near Dundalk. My mother (Mary Jacqueline) was named after her. Good Cow Electrocuted (The Baltimore Sun, 9/24/1901) A … Continue reading →

From Census Records To Cemetery Tours By Jackie Nickel I found some relatives I didn’t know I had a couple weeks ago. Or rather, they found me. It started out with a phone call I received on Friday the 13th… … Continue reading →

Into the Archives By Jackie Nickel After being introduced by my new cousins, Pat Parker, Kathleen Head and Eleanor Roth, to genealogy just three weeks ago, I couldn’t wait to dig through historical records. I made a date to meet … Continue reading →

Ancestral History In Our Own Back Yard By Jackie Nickel The world’s largest family history library is located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The main library building of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints there contains 142,000 square … Continue reading →

Maryland Archives: A State Treasure By Jackie Nickel Several weeks ago when I received a call from a member of the Roth family of Essex suggesting that I might be their distant cousin, I had not the slightest interest in … Continue reading →

The Final Resting Place By Jackie Nickel What started out as a brief story about my phone call from a distant relative has resulted in a five-part series on the search for my great grandmother Mary Nickel’s grave. Last episode … Continue reading →