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A Breakthrough in the Emil Müller Case
How appropriate—it’s been four years to the day that I last wrote about any progress on the case of my second great-grandfather, Emil Müller. Sadly, it’s taken about that long to make much progress,...
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Locate Newspapers in Other Towns
Newspapers are great resources for genealogists. Sometimes newspapers are overlooked because they can be difficult to search and/or hard to access. The efforts by many genealogy record-providing...
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52 Ancestors #7: A Valentine’s Day Marriage
Week 7 Prompt: Love This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is “love.” I thought it would be interesting to see if anyone in my family married on Valentine’s Day, since that’s tomorrow. As it turns out, I do...
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52 Ancestors #8: Family Photo
Week 8 Prompt: Family Photo This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is “family photo.” Here are some of my favorites. Me with My Parents Me with My Paternal Grandparents Me with My Maternal Grandparents...
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52 Ancestors #19: Mom & Me
Week 19 Prompt: Nurture This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is “Nurture.” Since this coming weekend is Mother’s Day, I thought I’d share a favorite photo of me with my nurturing, wonderful mom. © Julie...
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52 Ancestors #29: German Brick Walls Revisited
Week 29 Prompt: Challenging This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is”Challenging.” First thought—brick walls! Ten years ago (almost to the date!), I wrote about all of my German brick walls at that time....
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52 Ancestors #33: So Much for Dessert
Week 33 Prompt: Comedy This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is”Comedy.” I really couldn’t think of anything, so I enlisted the help of my mom. Here’s a cute little story about my maternal grandparents, as...
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52 Ancestors #35: Grandpa at Work
Week 35 Prompt: At Work This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is”At Work.” I actually have some photos of my maternal grandfather at work. According to my mom: “Dad never liked working for anyone else. He...
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52 Ancestors #49: Grandpa’s Miniatures
Week 49 Prompt: Craft This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is “Craft.” My maternal grandfather was considered a craftsman. He was primarily a tool and die maker, a type of machinist. Eventually, he decided...
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52 Ancestors #50: Family Tradition
Week 50 Prompt: Tradition This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is “Tradition.” Since it’s almost Christmas, holiday traditions popped into my head. Memories of Christmas at grandma and grandpa’s house, with...
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