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Category: Genealogy

  • What I Learned at Acacia Park Cemetery

    The goal of our visit to Acacia Park was to locate a headstone for William John McBane, the husband of my 2nd great-aunt Alma E. Mueller. We weren’t disappointed. William was buried alongside other members of his family. It was nice to see the reference to Alma. But I wondered about…

  • What I Learned at the Batavia Public Library

    I shared my recent visit to the library here. I went with the hope of finding information that will lead me to the final resting place of my 3rd great-grandmother Helena Christina (Åman) Tolf. Batavia is a frequent stop when I visit Illinois. The library is lovely and the librarians…

  • Our Genealogical Love Affair

    Before Husband and I were married, I asked him how much he knew about his family tree. Little did he know how important his answer would be! Because I am addicted to family history research. On the rare occasions I become bored with one branch of my family tree, another…

  • Between the Cemeteries

    Cemetery field trips were just one of the highlights of our visit to Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. Many thanks to our hosts; family and friends who always make our visits so much fun. Our first stop on this particular trip was breakfast at Perkins Family Restaurant & Bakery, 1720 North Broadway,  Menomonie, Wisconsin. Our…

  • A True and Accurate Extract from the Records

    Fifty-three years after her wedding in St. John’s Church in Cincinnati Ohio, Sophia Biedinger needed to prove that the event had taken place. You see her husband was a bit of a wanderer. In this instance his wanderings had kept him away from home for more than six months leaving his wife…

  • Elk Grove Cemetery

    Husband and I had just realized we missed a turn on the way back to our hotel when we saw Elk Grove Cemetery. This little cemetery appears to have been randomly dropped near a busy intersection of multi-lane roads and an expressway off-ramp. So imagine our surprise when we read…

  • Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum

    My maternal grandparents, John George Walton and Harriet Kathlyn (nee Tolf) Walton are buried at Rosehill. And my maternal grandmother’s maternal grandparents Peter August Tolf and Augusta Sophia (nee Landstrom) Tolf are buried at Rosehill. None of them are buried in the main cemetery. They are all in the separate section on the…

  • Norwood Park Home Cemetery

    North Newark Avenue (aka the gravel road) in Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery in Niles does more than separate one section of the cemetery from another (St. Adalbert is also known as Old Bohemian Cemetery, Old Polish Cemetery and Saint Stanislaus Cemetery). When we drove south on Newark, we stumbled upon…

  • Saint Adalbert Cemetery

    Friday’s plans included lunch with an old friend who recently bought a condo in Andersonville. Google Maps showed two options from the hotel to my friend’s new place. One route would bring us within blocks of Saint Adalbert Cemetery in Niles. “Wanna leave a little early so we can stop…

  • Mount Olive Cemetery

    I received Marilyn Yalom‘s The American Resting Place as a gift some months ago. If you haven’t yet read this book, I encourage you to do so. Genealogists and historians alike will find many items of interest among the 320 pages of text. Pages 184 and 185 in particular piqued my…