family-history
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This post card stuck out to me because the handwriting is so pretty and I imagine the writer, Mary, took her time writing it. If you look closely, you can kind of see pencil lines that were drawn, likely to help keep the words from slanting. Despite the lovely handwriting, the content of the card
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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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Next to research I’m going to continue to comb through my tree to look for any hidden stories or documents that might still be hanging around. I want to start as recent as my grandparents and “scrub” the tree, removing hints that aren’t related, duplicate documents, and just make it all easier to sift through.
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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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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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Occupation Blacksmith. I think I’ve posted about him before, but my 3rd great-grandfather, Lars Gullickson, was a pretty well known blacksmith in North Dakota. His parents, Albert and Ingeborg, were both from Norway, making Lars first-generation American. Fun fact: Lars’ mustache is 100% genetic. A couple of Lars’ sons ended up learning the trade as
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Brick wall struggle Genealogy, family history, research… all of those things make my brain happy. I enjoy doing it and it’s one of the few things that can solely keep my attention for many hours. I’ve always loved it. But the thing that got me interested in my family history was my dad’s dad, my
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Research advice I love death certificates. I know that sounds strange, but they are my one of my favorite documents to find. If filled out correctly, they are a fountain of knowledge, often giving you the birth date, death date, spouse, and parents of an individual. Sometimes even a cause of death and occupation. The
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Famous Ancestor I guess this one is kind of up for interpretation and what your definition of “famous” is. I don’t think I have any famous ancestors in my family tree. At least none that I can find. Instead, I looked at a tree I’ve been working on for my co-worker. Her husband’s family is
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