Helping the present understand the past
Welcome to another Around the Town Thursday! Now I know what you’re thinking: “A bridge?? You’re writing about a bridge??” But this isn’t just any bridge. Today I’m highlighting the Twelfth Street Viaduct Bridge in the West Bottoms of Kansas City, Missouri. Mid-level of the Twelfth Street Viaduct Bridge Native Kansas Citians will recognize this…
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Welcome to another edition of Tombstone Tuesday. Continuing with the family buried in Anselm Lutheran Cemetery, today’s tombstone belongs to my paternal great-uncle, Clarence Harvey Altman. Tombstone of Ludwig, Ida and Clarence Harvey Altman Anselm Lutheran Cemetery in Anselm, Ransom, North Dakota Clarence Harvey was the first of four children of Ludwig Wilhelm Altman and…
Welcome to the last entry in my series on family tree apps for iGadgets. This week I’m reviewing MobileFamilyTree. In previous entries I’ve reviewed GedView, Heredis and LiveHistory. MobileFamilyTree MobileFamilyTree by Synium is another fairly young app. I learned about it by doing either a Google search or by searching in the App Store. And…
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It’s Friday and we all know what that means…Follow Friday! Today we’re looking at A Southern Sleuth, a journey along with Michelle Taggart as she searches for her southern roots. I don’t limit myself to only reading blogs about genealogy that only applies to my genealogical situation. I read about Croatian genealogy, Jewish genealogy and…
I love Around the Town Thursday. I love being able to highlight really cool places, especially if they’re located in my hometown of Kansas City. One of those really cool places is a fantastic little diner (or diners since there’s more than one) located in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Town Topic Hamburgers has been featured…
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