where2look4ancestors

  • Army Pictures: Coffelt and Westmoreland

    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.

  • March Birthdays

    Happy March birthday to my uncles Donald and Eugene, my nephew Kyle, my cousin Sue,  and my first-cousin once-removed Kristy. Birthdays among my Swedish Åmans: My 4th great-grandmother Britta Catarina ISAKSDOTTER was born 24 Mar 1791. Her daughter (Helena Christina ÅMAN), son-in-law, and eight grandchildren immigrated to Batavia, Kane, Illinois in the late…

  • Speaking of German Genealogy

    Lois Hemmeter Edwards, author of the “Beginner’s Guide to Germanic Genealogy” spoke at the Germanic Genealogy Society meeting this morning. Husband and I both have German ancestry and needed a little kick in the Deutschland to give those lines some attention. Lois offered a step-by-step process for climbing a German…

  • Side-tracked Genealogy

    At some point I’ll have to return to researching my direct line ancestors. But for now, my interest lies with Emile Schmitt, my second great-grandmother’s brother. After my last Emile-related post, a genealogical angel (I’ll call her Betty) sent me a baker’s dozen of Cincinnati Enquirer articles written about Emile and…

  • Army Pictures: Schools

    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.

  • Army Pictures: Cooke

    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.

  • Girl to Boy, Man to Woman?

    One tiny question turned into a complicated puzzle that continues to test my genealogical expertise (or lack thereof). Question: cousins? Puzzle: dad is a woman? Nagging issue: No, really – is dad a woman? The possible cousins/married couple are Otto V Mueller and Alvina M Schmitt. Alvina’s father is Emilie…

  • Translating Fraktur obituaries

    My second great-grandmother was one of nine children who (with their parents) immigrated from France to Cincinnati. Most of Elizabeth Schmitt’s siblings stayed in Ohio for the remainder of their lives. Like Emile: Emile married the daughter of a brewery owner. Emile’s wife Maria Elizabeth Kauffman predeceased him: Only two of…

  • Happy Birthday Grandson!

  • Army Pictures: Mueller and Lukca

    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.