Helping the present understand the past
How many times have we heard that from someone? What was the score for that baseball game? Google it! How do you take care of an orchid? Google it! How do I locate my ancestors? Google it! Okay, no, it’s really NOT that easy (don’t all genealogists wish it was?) but Google can definitely be…
I’ve been on such a genealogy-high since getting my DNA results back. I honestly didn’t think I could get much more excited until…first contact!!!!! I had pages of hints to review from AncestryDNA and as I was beginning to review each match on my DNA profile I received an email through Ancestry from one of…
And don’t you just hate it when that happens? I know I do. I’ve been noticeably absent from posting on my blog because of it. But I definitely haven’t been idle. My big project was changing employers. I usually stay away from talking about work because, after all, this is a genealogy blog. But I’m…
With the time off from work I had around Christmas time I devoted some time to beginning work on D1’s genealogy. I had no idea what I would find or if it would be difficult to find information on his family but I was prepared for some quality time on different genealogy sites in search…
Welcome to Tombstone Tuesday! Today we’re looking at the tombstone of my paternal first cousin, twice removed, Elsa Sophia Altman located in Anselm Lutheran Cemetery. Tombstone of Elsa S. Altman Anselm Lutheran Cemetery, Anselm Ransom, North Dakota Elsa Sophia was the ninth of seventeen children of Robert Altman and Albertina Amelie (Lange) Altman. She had…