Helping the present understand the past
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Shirley Ann (Bowlby) Nickell We’re getting some freezing rain in Kansas City this weekend so I decided to post another catch up for the 52 Ancestors challenge. Today I’m hightlighting my husband’s maternal grandmother. Some basic facts: Name: Shirley Ann (Bowlby) Nickell Born: 25 January 1924 Parents: Sherry Victor Bowlby…
Read More “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #2 – Shirley Ann (Bowlby) Nickell” »
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Earl Leslie Nickell I’m a little behind on the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge but I’m going to jump in with ancestor #1 and play catch up. This week I’m highlighting my husband’s maternal grandfather. Some basic facts: Name: Earl Leslie Nickell Born: 24 July 1918 Parents: Delbert A….
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Challenge Accepted! I’m a member of several different genealogy groups on FaceBook. You might not normally think of FaceBook for genealogy but it’s a great platform for communicating with other genealogists! While browsing the posts of the Genealogy Bloggers group, I ran across a post from one of the members…
It’s time for Tombstone Tuesday again. We aren’t straying far from last week’s spotlight. Today we’re looking at my second great-grandfather, Julius Ferdinand Altman. Tombstone of Julius Ferdinand Altman Anselm Lutheran Cemetery in Anselm, Ransom, North Dakota Julius was the fifth of ten children of Christian Gottlieb Altman and Maria Elizabeth (Neubauer) Altman. He had…
Last week we talked a little bit about genealogy basics and how to get started. In that post I touched on some different records available for genealogical use. The next few posts are going to discuss what those records are and what information can be extracted from them. The first records we talked about were…