Sharing ancestors, one person at a time. Genealogy and history.
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
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
This week I am going to deviate from genealogy in that this is not an article on a particular ancestor. Instead, I am pursuing that rabbit hole of trying to understand French society, particularly of the higher classes. I have found some very interesting research papers and older publications that shed a little more light … Continue reading A Study in French Society
I remain curieux de connaître our DeJean origins in France. As I have written on an occasion or two, I think I can say with certainty who Stephen’s siblings and father were and about when they arrived in the United States. But their trail from France ended in New York in about 1797. So what … Continue reading Curieux de connaître DeJean
Among the treasures passed along to me by Cousin K was an American Revolution Bicentennial publication by Whiteside County, IA Genealogists. This was a compilation of stories from many of the older residents recounting life and experiences in their youth. Great Aunt E was a member of the group of genealogist who compiled and published … Continue reading Epidemics – Before there was Zoom
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