What an exciting day. I got an email from my aunt yesterday. It seems she has found some very exciting information about some of my ancestors. I’ve been so focused on my Russian German ancestors that I wasn’t even thinking about this line, so this was a big surprise.
It turns out that my aunt discovered [...]
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Stacy
This summer I’ll be attending the family reunion for one branch of my family. The patriarch and matriarch came to the US in 1905 and settled in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In preparation for my trip, I’m going to be researching that family for the next few months.
I know a few things. Adolph Flatt [...]
This is Caroline Simpson and Peter Neils Frandsen. When I look into Caroline’s face, in this picture taken on her wedding day on July 31, 1884, I see myself. I don’t mean that in some sort of abstract way. I mean, when I look into her face, I see features so similar to my own [...]
For those of us with ancestors who lived in Ohio, here is some good news. The Ohio birth and death data will be availabe in online searchable databases by the end of the year. The bad news is that the records will only be searchable from Ohio county offices.
I have a big branch on my [...]
It is time for me to get serious about learning who my ancestors were. As I mentioned previously, I have too many names, dates, URLs, records, etc for me to continue with handwritten notes. I need to get organized. In that previous post, I talked about how I’m organizing URLs, scans and documents. That is [...]
Like many people, I’ve been eagerly watching Who Do You Think You Are, the show where celebrities get to learn about their genealogy. While I could do without the typical network sensationalism (see [celebrity] make a SHOCKING revelation about their ancestors!) and obvious product placement (let’s go to Ancestry.com to look that up!), it [...]
It started with a book my great-aunt gave me. It was a book about her father’s side of the family. On the cover was this image of the original farmstead. Inside were photographs and biographies of ancestors and distant relations going back to the 1830s or so.
I now have copies of death certificates and [...]