Memorial Day 2023
Remember and honor In so many ways, they were so much the same. And yet … in so many ways, so different. What they had in common — both were born to pioneering families. Both chose to fight to protect what they believed in. Both were 23 years old when they...About that milestone…
Missing Tim He came into this world 50 years ago yesterday, a tiny little boy fighting desperately for his life. Born with hydrocephalus and spina bifida, the odds were very long against his survival — and even if he did make it, his lifespan at the time was...Revisiting the storms of spring
Remembering Thelma Note: Yesterday’s weather news has my cousin Thelma so front-and-center for me, her story so much in my mind. Her long life — we lost her in 2016, just shy of her 97th birthday — reminds us all that there is not always an unhappy...Where he lies…
Cemetery may have been located He is The Legal Genealogist’s favorite mystery correspondent. I don’t know much about him, except that his name is Andrii, he lives in Kalush, Ukraine, and he speaks English and German. Oh, and that he is systematically...Color me…
When it comes to RootsTech Relatives… As of 9:30 a.m. Eastern time today, The Legal Genealogist reportedly has 9,219 relatives attending the RootsTech 2023 conference either in person or virtually next week. They’re all on my mother’s side...Just 33 years…
From 1838 to 1870… He came into this world in the very early morning hours on a cold February day 185 years ago today. He left it only a little more than 33 years later. And, in between, there must have been a life of unimaginable difficulty. Johann Nuckel,...Say their names…
Fan and Ana and Mary and … It’s Black History Month here in the United States, a time for all of us to benefit from learning more about the history, role and contributions of African Americans in this country. A time when “The Library of Congress, National...Between the lines
Elly, Paul, the censuses… and the divorce… There is no question of the relationship of the couple on the 1930 census. On line 29, he is enumerated as head of the household, and on line 30, she’s enumerated as his wife, and the marital status for each...The plot thickens…
Elly and the husbands Okay, The Legal Genealogist has had it with Elly. Elly Emma Martha Maria Geissler Nasgowitz Froemke is going to drive me nuts. Elly was one of the older sisters of my paternal grandfather. Fifth child and fourth daughter of Hermann and Emma...Subscribe by Email
