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 Friday again, which brings us to another edition of Follow Friday! Today I’m highlighting Jenny Lanctot’s blog, Are My Roots Showing? Now, I have to admit the original reason I chose to look at Jenny’s blog was because of the blog’s title. It’s a cute title and I giggled as I pictured a woman…
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?”…