Tag: family search
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Who Do You Think You Are? Genealogy Q + A
I love this photo of My mom and grandma in the summer of 1950…couldn’t this be a photo of me and one of my kids? Over the course of this summer, I have become incredibly passionate about genealogy and I’ve learned so much about my ancestors along the way. I’ve used the internet, county healthy…
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A Family Through the Decades
On a Friday morning in late June, I found myself with a stack of piles and boxes at my aunt and uncle’s dining room table. Just to set the scene a bit further, i wasn’t uncovering treasures just anywhere. It was at one of my very favorite historic houses – a Hoosier homestead built in…
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The Mystery of Sarah Jane and her Father David King
Front Row: David King Jr, Almena Caldwell King, Samuel Nobel King, Robert Quigley King Top Row: Mary Elizabeth King Gotwald, Sarah Jane King, Almena King Take look at this beautiful family, especially the young woman standing center in the back row. Her name is Sarah Jane King and she was born in 1839. Sarah is part…
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Top 10 Tips for Researching Your Genealogy and Family Tree
Above, the wedding party from my great grandparents Mary Katherine Stoppenhagen and Charles Werling. See more about them here! 1. Call Your Parents and ask for birthdays, marriage dates, deaths of any grandparent, aunt or uncle they can remember. These details will help you connect to the huge amount of established trees and fill in…