What’s in a Name?
Unusual Names are Fun and Informative and Clues A friend told me her grandfather’s grandfather’s name was Rensselaer Holmes. I wanted to know more,...
Read moreSocial Studies Teachers, One of the Best
I was lucky to have Mr. Burrows for 6th grade social studies at Cedar Hill Elementary School, so were my sister and brothers. I...
Read moreSemantics – Are You From Here?
Native, Born, Bred, Reared, Raised, or Just From Somewhere Recently, Reinette Jones, a staff librarian at University of Kentucky Libraries, asked a provocative question,...
Read moreWho is the Little Girl in the Front Row?
My second cousin, Mara, has been sending me various Breitenstein family photographs as she unearths them. I love this, new pieces of history I...
Read moreEight of the Nine Breitenstein Brothers
Michael Henry Breitenstein and Elizabeth Ann Steinmetz Breitenstein had nine sons between 1888 and 1908. In 1955 eight of the nine brothers had a...
Read moreDating Reunion Photographs
Locate the family groups, identify the babies, check for death dates of grandparents, get a fashion time estimate and reunion photographs will be a...
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