Family Events – Week of June 14 to June 20

Weekly column sharing birth, marriage, and death events for people in my family tree.

SNGF – What Did I Learn Today?

Thought I’d actually participate on a Saturday night. And wouldn’t ya know, Randy’s challenge was something I literally JUST posted a few minutes ago…too funny. Here is the task for this week: Think of three things that you learned about Genealogy or Family History today. […]

And the Happy Dance Continues

The other day I posted And the Wall Begins to Crumble, in which I explained that I had finally found the names of a set of third great-grandparents, Henry WACH and Amelia WIETZKE. Today, I believe I have found the names of two additional sets […]

Saturday in the Attic – 06/13/09

This is a receipt for the interment of a Susan GARRISON, dated 29 April 1894.  I assume that J M GARRISON is my second great-grandfather, James Manly GARRISON.    I am not sure who Susan is, but I suspect it may be James’ daughter.  I show […]

Weekly Genealogy Blogging Prompt #23

Prompt:  Talk about anything that’s haunted. Readers love spooky genealogy. I wouldn’t exactly consider this haunted, but it is kind of spooky.

And the Wall Begins to Crumble

I’ve been wanting to know more about the parents of Hulda WACH (i.e., my third great-grandparents), but have only had a few pieces of information:  the surname and the mother’s first name (Amelia).  I’ve talked about this brick wall a few times here on my […]

SNGF – 100 Years Ago

The challenge for Randy’s Saturday Night Fun is: Which of your ancestors were alive in 1909? Tell us where your ancestral families were living in 1909. What country, state, county,  city/town, etc. Who was in the family at the time? Use the 1910 census as […]

SNGF – Hodgepodge

Doing a little catch up here on Randy’s Saturday night challenges. May 30th challenge: Go to the www.PaulSadowski.com web site. Read his Bad Jokes page. What was the first one that popped up? Click on his Birthday Calculator link. What are five Fun Facts you […]