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Who 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...
Read moreThank the Photographers
Kudos! Early this week my friend Donna put a photograph on Facebook of her daughter’s “last first day of school” which was so nice...
Read morePlat Maps – Land Ownership Maps
Land Ownership Maps are like photographs, a snapshot of a specific time and place. Sometimes land ownership maps can solve genealogical questions and others...
Read moreResearch the Source
Do not stop at the index, go to the source. Research in the source, read it page by page. See how the book, journal,...
Read moreWould Little Orphan Annie’s Records Be Saved?
University of Cincinnati Libraries Digitized Historical Records Thank goodness some orphanage and orphan asylum records have been saved and preserved and thank the University...
Read moreResearch or Retrieve
Heritage Quest, Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org and various newspaper websites have made family history research rewarding so instantaneously, it has devolved into genealogical retrieval instead of...
Read moreThe Cool Table at Lunch
Births, Marriages and Deaths are the Dates We Want. This week my niece and nephew-in-law joined the best club of all. They became parents. They...
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