Helping the present understand the past
Today we’re continuing to talk about vital records. Last week we talked about birth certificates and some of the information you can find on them. This week we’re going to talk about marriage records. If you’ve been married you know how obtaining a marriage license works. You fill out an application, get the license, the…
Welcome to another edition of Follow Friday! Today I’m highlighting Ancestry Search, a family history blog written by Kathleen. I admit, this one I started reading purely because the first post I saw was Kathleen’s post on Researching in the Kansas State Census. Anyone who knows me fairly well knows I love living in Kansas….
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…