Beth sent the following question to Olive Tree Genealogy:I’m looking for a marriage record John Staehli born in Switzerland 1865, father and mother unknown. Magdalena Gasho born 1863 Canada father Andrew Gascho and mother Lydia Ginerich, married in 1891-1892 in Canada. (on Ancestry trees someone put Nov 1891, and I’m looking for confirmation) I’ve researched many places and haven’t come across this record. Magdalena was a mennonite.
Beth - first let me correct an error in your family tree information. Magdalena's mother was Lydia GINGERICH/GINGRICH, not GINERICH. I'm also a GINGRICH descendant. You can read about my Gingrich family here
Since this couple's first child, Anna Maria, was born in Michigan (see image) and they continued to reside in Michigan, i would not be so sure they married in Ontario. Have you checked Michigan marriage records?
Notice also that the surname Staehli was badly recorded and then corrected in 1940. Have you used wildcards when searching for this couple?
Their surnames are such that they can easily be incorrectly recorded or indexed on websites.
In summary, I'd check Michigan marriages and I would use wildcards to search for this couple online. See Wildcards are Your Friend! A Canadian Case Study Part 2 for help with using wildcards.
I live in The Netherlands and that’s with an s because it once used to be a bunch of counties (Holland, a.o.), duchies (Brabant, a.o.) and a bishopric. I had one family branch of ancestors that lived at the border of Holland and Utrecht. So, one generation I found in the archives stored in The Hague in Holland, the next in the archives in Utrecht, then back to The Hague for a generation further back, and again to Utrecht.
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