familystories
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Stories Behind the Stars is a national effort of volunteers to write the stories of all 400,000+ of the US WWII fallen here on Fold3. I’ve spent the last few weeks learning about Stories Behind the Stars, Fold3, and brushing up on my history and military knowledge. It’s safe to say that I have a
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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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Recent discovery This discovery is as recent as it gets. I just checked my e-mail to find that my order from the Iron Range Research Center in Minnesota had been completed. A week or two ago, I requested a copy of a Declaration of Intent, which was the “first step toward naturalization for most persons
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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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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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Uncovered secret I don’t have any relevant pictures for this post since it does not come from my own family tree. This one was also a little hard for me because I don’t feel like I’ve uncovered and secrets in my own family tree. At least none that are memorable. For a long while, my
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Favorite Story This is the last picture that I took with my grandpa Leroy. My mom’s dad. I was 21 and Alzheimer’s was not so slowly consuming him. He could not call me by name, but he definitely, definitely, knew who I was. It was no secret that I was grandpa’s favorite and biggest troublemaker.
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Free resources The National Genealogical Society and Find A Grave are my two favorite free resources. I check the Genealogical Society website almost daily to see what free (and paid) webinars they have to offer. On the weekends I can easily find 3-4 throughout the day and they often overlap. During the week it’s hard
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Cause of death There is a morbid curiosity that drives me to find the cause of death of someone. Most people could continue on with their tree, only concerned about when they died, not how. That’s definitely not me. Sometimes knowing the cause of death of your ancestors can tell you what to look out
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