Helping the present understand the past
I finally did it…I took the plunge into the world of DNA. DNA is an interesting subject to begin with, but the use of DNA in genealogy has been intriguing for me. I actually wanted to dive into genealogy-DNA close to when it first began to be used for genealogy but I’m a rather cautious…
It’s Tuesday again and you know what that means…that’s right, it’s another edition of Tombstone Tuesday. Continuing with the family buried in Anselm Lutheran Cemetery, today’s tombstone belongs to my paternal great-grandmother, Ida Marie (Krueger) Altman. Tombstone of Ludwig, Ida and Clarence Harvey Anselm Lutheran Cemetery in Anselm, Ransom, North Dakota Ida Marie was the…
Welcome to Tombstone Tuesday! Today’s tombstone is brought to you from Mount Washington Cemetery in Independence, MO and belongs to my maternal grandmother, Edith Marie (Brown) Conwell. Edith was the youngest child of Richard Selman Brown and Martha Lucinda (Vaughn) Brown. She had five older sisters and four older brothers. Edith was born 1 December…