Thursday, October 22, I left dad's in the morning to return to Kennewick. I had decided to stop at the state historical archive in Cheney since it holds documents from Stevens County where the Staeheli's homesteaded. Lee Pierce, Archives Assistant, met me and demonstrated how to access the Washington State data base for genealogy research. He found a marriage certificate for Walda Staheli and Anton Nold who were married in Spokane on October 10, 1908. He also found information for death certificates for Albert and Peter Staheli (Stahli). Finally, he gave me a source to find information about the family homestead in Addy.
Complicating searches for family information is the use of different spellings of Staheli. The umlaut "a" is used on Swiss documents and I have seen three variations used in America. Staheli is used on marriage certificates and cemetery registers. Stahli is also used in the Addy Cemetery register and shows up in the Washington State data base. Staeheli came to be used consistently over time. Lee advised me to make my searches as broad as possible to increase the likelihood of discovering documents. I should start with Sta when seeking documents.
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