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Breakthrough Moment and Favorite Photo

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Week 5: A Breakthrough Moment Since writing about Rosetta’s lost sister, I have not had any new breakthrough moments.  I have also already written about some of my bigger breakthrough moments: 1.         Ohlrick Kucks did not fight in the Civil War because he didn’t arrive in the USA until 1870.2.         William Emery’s place and date of death were … Continue reading Breakthrough Moment and Favorite Photo

Thankful for Ideas – Rhoades 2x greats

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I was perusing the musings of other family bloggers and came across one post on Chiddicks Family Tree by Paul Chiddicks about the “Sixteen Challenge”.  This challenge is to name all 16 of your 2x great-grandparents.  When I started out on this little blog project several years ago, I tried to write about each ancestor from youngest to … Continue reading Thankful for Ideas – Rhoades 2x greats

Iowa – A glimpse into the lives of our ancestors

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Dorothy Schwieder, professor of history, Iowa State University, wrote a brief summary of Iowa’s history which can be found on the State Library of Iowa’s webpage.  Iowa records June 1833 as the date for the first white settlement.  Iowa became a state in 1846.  Xaver Aleck arrived in the 1850s, and the Gage’s and DeJean’s came around 1880 … Continue reading Iowa – A glimpse into the lives of our ancestors