Tag Archives: Family: Müller / Miller (Prussia)

Over the next several days I will be featuring letters written by my great-grandfather, George Rottman.  The letters were written to his children while he was away from home visiting family in Iowa and Wisconsin in the 1940s.

My mom gave her dad this card on Father’s Day.  Given the handwriting, she was probably pretty young.

This book first belonged to my grandfather, Harold Miller.  It was then passed on to his younger sister, Mildred.  When she got it, she covered it with paper to make a book cover.  The Evangelical Catechism was used for religious instruction, so I gather that they used it either in a Sunday School setting or for confirmation.

I’ve written about my second great-grandfather, Emil Miller, many times in this blog.  Each post reveals new information or new leads, and ends with next steps.  I’m happy to say that I have found more information, namely a divorce file, which is answering many of my questions (and of course posing new ones).

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

These are photos of my grandmother’s travel log.  She used to write about the trips her and grandpa took, recording not only where they went and what they did, but also the expenses.  I hope to transcribe this notebook sometime soon, and will post the transcriptions to my blog.  I’m sure it will be interesting to see how times have changed.

Here’s my status for the final days: I finally opened the boxes of photo sleeves I purchased at the beginning of December (yes I’ve had them for over two months).  I purchased several varieties of sleeves that fit into a standard binder.  The brand I selected is Print File, which I purchased from Adorama.  They are supposedly archival quality, although it does not specify what exactly that means (the packaging states no PVC).  I filled up one three-inch binder, well over 20 photos, so task 3C is complete.

This is my mom’s first paycheck she received while working for her dad’s miniature company.  She would have been just shy of 15 years-old when she got this check.