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Month: April 2012

  • They Make My Heart Race

    Are all ancestors created equal? Not so much, no. I don’t have any fancy-dancy ancestors. No one I know of (yet) signed the Declaration of Independence, was an Indian Princess, or held court from a throne wearing a diamond tiara. Most of the people from whom I descend were pretty…

  • Army Pictures Dean, Rhine and Taylor

    See my original post for details about the photos from my dad’s Army scrapbook and please let me know if you recognize anyone in these pictures.

  • Half Right means Half Left

    Genealogy can be challenging enough without libraries adding practical jokes to the mix. Particularly the Family History Library, an entity I always felt was on the side of the genealogist. But this latest experience left me shaking my head. I was looking for the 1859 baptismal record of my grandmother’s…

  • Army Pictures Kaskiel

    See my original post for details about the photos from my dad’s Army scrapbook and please let me know if you recognize anyone in these pictures.

  • Seek and Ye Shall Find

    Sometimes all you have to do is ask. And as simple as that. the answer appears. My 2012 genealogical New Year’s Resolutions include a list of “burning questions”.  While preparing to write my 1st quarter review, the question about the Walton family arrival in the US jumped out at me:…

  • April Anniversaries

    Happy 31st anniversary to my sister and her husband – a real feat these days (especially in our family)! An April anniversary that tugs at my heartstrings is that of my grandparents John George WALTON (1905-1980) and Harriet Kathlyn TOLF (1909-1954) who were married 12 Apr 1930 in Chicago Illinois.…

  • Army Pictures Louis

    See my original post for details about the photos from my dad’s Army scrapbook and please let me know if you recognize anyone in these pictures.

  • April Birthdays

    Time to celebrate the April birthdays in my family tree: Birthdays among my German Bukmakofskys: My 2nd great-grandmother Maria BUKMAKOFSKY was born 25 Apr 1859 in Reichenan, Konigsberg, Germany. Her parents were Christof BUKMAKOFSKY (?-?) and Maria FRONTSKOFSKY (?-?). Birthdays among my French Gurys: My 4th great-grandparents Jean GURY (1794-?) and Marie Anne GILLET (abt 1794-?) had two…

  • Favorite Web Sites; The French Genealogy Blog

    One of my favorite ethnicity-specific web sites is The French Genealogy Blog at http://french-genealogy.typepad.com/genealogie/ The author is a transplant to France with no French roots of her own. Her children are French. She sprinkles a delightful outsider-yet-insider point of view over all of her posts. A professional genealogist, Anne generously shares…

  • Army Pictures Burnett and Hudson

    See my original post for details about the photos from my dad’s Army scrapbook and please let me know if you recognize anyone in these pictures.