Helping the present understand the past
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…
It’s Thursday, who else is excited for Friday eve?! Another Thursday brings us to another Around the Town Thursday post. Today we’re looking at the Strataca – the Kansas Underground Salt Museum. Entrance to the Visitors Center of the Kansas Underground Salt Museum located in Hutchinson, Kansas Once a year the Smithsonian Magazine hosts an…
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It’s Tuesday and that means another edition of Tombstone Tuesday! Today we’re still wandering thru Anselm Lutheran Cemetery. Among the many family members residing in Anselm Cemetery is my second great-grandmother, Marie Louise Henrietta (Froemke) Altman (a.k.a. Altmann). Headstone of Marie Louis Henrietta (Froemke) Altman (a.k.a. Altmann) Anselm Lutheran Cemetery in Anselm, Ransom, North Dakota…
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A friend and I were talking the other day and she mentioned she might be interested in learning more about her family’s genealogy. She asked me, “How would I get started?” I gave her the same answer I’d heard every genealogist and genealogy class instructor give: “You start with yourself.” “Well what does that mean?”…