Helping the present understand the past
Friday, hooray! Let’s take a look at today’s edition of Follow Friday. A Sense of Family is the blog I’ve chosen to spotlight today. Shelly’s posts are easy and interesting reads. She’s highlighted her family, conferences she’s attended, genealogical writing and tips and tricks that she uses. Her post on Finding Daughters by Searching on…
I started my Around the Town Thursday posts with the intention of highlighting all the wonderful things to see and do in Kansas City. I knew eventually I’d like to expand from just the Kansas City area but I honestly didn’t expect it to be this soon. Having been sent to Langley, BC (Canada) for…
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Growing up I can remember my grandparents spending hours sitting in front of the microfilm or microfiche readers at the Family History Center in Independence. I would watch them scroll from page to page. Occasionally they would even write something down. For the longest time I wondered what they were doing sitting in front of…
Welcome to another edition of Follow Friday. Today we’re looking at AK’s Genealogy Research. Annette’s blog was created for the same reason most of the amateur blogs were created – to document her research and progress. And that’s why I love these blogs. Blogs like AK’s Genealogy Research show the ups and downs and successes…
Welcome to another edition of Tombstone Tuesday! Still making our journey through Anselm Lutheran Cemetery, today’s tombstone belongs to my paternal great-uncle, Allen Willard Altman. Tombstone of Allen Altman Anselm Lutheran Cemetery in Anselm, Ransom, North Dakota Allen Willard Altman was the second of four children of Ludwig Wilhelm Altman and Ida Marie (Krueger) Altman. …