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Hello and welcome to Tombstone Tuesday! Today we’re jumping cemeteries and spotlighting my great grand uncle, Robert Altman (not the movie director, haha). Tombstone of Robert Altman Pinecrest Memorial Park in Sandpoint, Bonner, Idaho Robert Altman was the child of Julius Ferdinand Altman and Marie Louise Henrietta (Froemke) Altman. He had four brothers (all older)…
Welcome to another edition of Tombstone Tuesday. Today we’re spotlighting the husband of my first great-grand-aunt Augusta Christine (Altman) Froemke, Carl August Froemke, Jr. Tombstone of Carl August Froemke, Jr. Anselm Lutheran Cemetery in Anselm, Ransom, North Dakota Carl August Froemke, Jr. was the child of Carl August Froemke and Henrietta Elisa (Schwarz) Froemke. It’s…
Census records. Every genealogist uses them at one point or another. They’re a great source of information as long as you keep in mind the possibility for errors to be found within the census records. The United States has taken a federal census every 10 years since 1790. The first census enumeration contained a limited…
Welcome back to Tombstone Tuesday! After a break for a couple of weeks we’re back to visiting the Altman family in Anselm Lutheran Cemetery. Today we’re looking at my great grand-aunt, Augusta Christine (Altman) Froemke. Froemke family marker Anselm Lutheran Cemetery in Anselm, Ransom, North Dakota Tombstone of Augusta Christine (Altman) Froemke Anselm Lutheran…
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The last three weeks we’ve talked about birth, marriage and death records. These three types of vital records are the records most genealogists think about when you say the words “vital records”. But there’s a fourth type of vital record that isn’t immediately thought of: divorce records. Obviously divorce records aren’t going to exist for…