Helping the present understand the past
Growing up I can remember my grandparents spending hours sitting in front of the microfilm or microfiche readers at the Family History Center in Independence. I would watch them scroll from page to page. Occasionally they would even write something down. For the longest time I wondered what they were doing sitting in front of…
Welcome to another edition of Follow Friday. Today we’re looking at AK’s Genealogy Research. Annette’s blog was created for the same reason most of the amateur blogs were created – to document her research and progress. And that’s why I love these blogs. Blogs like AK’s Genealogy Research show the ups and downs and successes…
Welcome to another edition of Tombstone Tuesday! Still making our journey through Anselm Lutheran Cemetery, today’s tombstone belongs to my paternal great-uncle, Allen Willard Altman. Tombstone of Allen Altman Anselm Lutheran Cemetery in Anselm, Ransom, North Dakota Allen Willard Altman was the second of four children of Ludwig Wilhelm Altman and Ida Marie (Krueger) Altman. …
A brick wall. Every genealogist has one at one time or another. My genealogy is no different. With Constitution Day being this week (September 17 to be exact) my thoughts have been centering on my brick wall. You see, the Daughters of the American Revolution work very hard to celebrate Constitution Week (for obvious reasons)…
TGIF and welcome to another edition of Follow Friday. Today we’re looking at A Patient Genealogist. Devon’s writing reads like she’s simply conversing with another person. Her post on Is this German Scan Readable for Translation? caught my interest right away. Of course, there were several other posts of hers that interested me as well,…