mystery
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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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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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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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Dear Freda, Thanks very much for the invitation but we are stopping in Phila for dinner so I do not know just when we will arrive home so I would not want you to wait. Love, Bess. I couldn’t narrow down any Bess who would have sent this postcard from New Jersey, and there isn’t
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It’s been about a month since I researched one of these postcards. I never expect to find anything right away but newspapers.com delivered. When I started inputting names into the search field, I immediately got some hits. Yay! This postcard appeared to a to Mrs. C. A. Harrison in Minnesota from Mariann (?), who sent
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Part 2 – Mary Gullickson (Olson/Oxhovd) my 3rd great-grandmother Mary was the first of 9 children born to Christen “Christ” Olson (Oxhovd) and Ingeborg “Emily” Ivarsdatter Polsture on January 15th, 1869 in Liberty Township, Wisconsin. Christ and Emily were both born in Norway and immigrated to the United States with their families when they were
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Bok Tower Gardens, located near Lake Wales, Florida, is a not only a garden, but also a bird sanctuary. It is also a Natural Historic Landmark. The front of the postcard has flamingos near the reflection pool but if you visited today, you would not spot any. According to the gardens’ website (https://boktowergardens.org/), there were
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When I was growing up, we spent a lot of time at my grandparents house on my maternal side. They lived about an hour and a half away in a tiny town called Forman which had a population of almost 500 in 2023. I used to spend summers there and we celebrated most holidays with
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I wanted to try to stay ahead of the game as far as weekly posts come and I’m very thankful for the post scheduling feature on WordPress; but there are times where I get excited about a discovery that I can’t help but share. This post is a little sad. I don’t think the recipient
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