Helping the present understand the past
I received the following notice from Ancestry about my DNA sample: Woo hoo how exciting! I’ve been hearing that DNA results from Ancestry are coming back a little faster than 6-8 weeks but I’m a don’t count your chickens before they’ve hatched kind of girl so I’m going to assume it will take the full…
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…
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…
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…
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. …