Orphan Photo #44

Addressee:  Josefa Erjavec, 1011-13 N. Chicago St., Joliet, Illinois Postmark:  unreadable The message is written in I’m guessing Slavic, as the stamps appear to be from Slovenia. UPDATE 11/26/12 – This postcard was reunited with the granddaughter of the addressee.

52 Weeks To Better Genealogy – Challenge #6, Online Databases

This week’s challenge is: Online databases at your public library. Search your library’s web site and see if your card grants you access to online databases. Libraries (even small ones) often have wonderful online tools including genealogy databases, historical newspapers and more! Take some time […]

GeneaBlogger 2010 Winter Games – Let the Games Begin!!

It’s time for the GeneaBlogger 2010 Winter Games.  I participated in the 2008 games, only a few weeks after I had started blogging.  It was a great learning experiences, as I learned quite a bit about blogging and genealogy.  I’m psyched to participate again! So […]

Saturday in the Attic – 02/13/10

This is a Valentine’s Day card from my grandmother, Marie ROTTMAN Miller, to my grandfather, Harold MILLER.

Orphan Photo #43

This is a real photo postcard.  The back of the card reads: Hello Lucy.  How I would love to see you and your baby. I suppose it is a wonder.  I know mine is.  [cannot read signature] There is no other identifying information, postmark, date, […]

Saturday In the Attic – 02/06/10

This is the obituary for my great-grandmother, Anna E STOFFEL Rottman.  She died on 12 June 1936 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.

Friday Finds – 02/05/10

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve learned or found.

Orphan Photo #42

This gentleman probably looks familiar.  I blogged about him a few weeks ago in Orphan Photo #38. It appears to be another photo of Carlton E. Taylor. The back reads nearly identical to the other photo, except that this time, there is the suffix “LL. […]