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Paul Link is one of the veterans assigned to me as a volunteer story writer for Stories Behind the Stars. When given a story to write, a lot of details are already provided for you, but it’s up to you to write the narrative and bring the veteran back to life. This blog post is
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Rozair Joseph Amerman. Sometimes referred to as Joseph Rozair in official documents and affectionately known as Grandpa Joe to his grandchildren. I remember hearing his name a lot growing up and always thought his name was interesting. I appreciate it even more now that I’m older. I think it’s the most unique name in my
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Earliest record The earliest record I have that I can trace back with 100% certainty is the naturalization record for my 4th great-grandfather Wolfgang Preisinger in 1867. On the hunt now for older records.
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The front of the postcard (above) and the picture below are both from the Painted Desert in Arizona. I would love to put that and the Petrified Forest National Park on my travel bucket list, but I’m afraid I would melt in the heat. It is incredibly beautiful, though. The card itself talks about the
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6/27 – brick wall success6/28 – ancestor you’d like to meet I’d like to meet two ancestors. The first being my great-grandma Alida, on my mom’s side. She was a spitfire with an incredible sense of humor. She also endured more than anyone should have to and I want to know more about that. I
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Research goal I don’t necessarily have very lofty research goals, but finding out where my dad’s side of the family is the most important one for me. My dad passed away almost 2 years ago now, so I am the last one in my branch of the family tree to be a Misemer. After me,
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Earliest birth date We already took a look at Henry Trumbauer (headstone above) on day 3, earliest burial site. For the earliest birth date, we look at Henry’s father, Andrew Trumbauer. Andrew was part of the first generation of Trumbauer’s that were born in America, his parents being from Germany. He was born in 1717
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A grave you’ve visited I enjoy visiting cemetery’s. I find them eerily calming. I always make an effort to go visit the graves of my ancestors in North Dakota when I’m back home. It doesn’t make me sad. I look forward to it. Okay, sometimes it is a little sad… I’ve visited the Forman Cemetery
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Newspaper article: All names have been censored for privacy purposes. This was the first article that hit a little close to home. I had just started exploring Newspapers.com to see what I could find and happened to stumble across this one. I was a little surprised that I had never been told this before. It’s
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Earliest burial site The earliest burial site that I have found where I can 100% accurately trace my ancestors back is Our Forefathers Mennonite Cemetary in Quakertown, PA. This is where my 6th great-grandfather Heinrich “Henry” Trumbauer was buried in 1813. His headstone is extremely weathered and broken but the good news is that there
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