Stories About Traveling West
A couple of months ago I had a brief email from my cousin Dave out in Ohio. He wanted a mailing address because he had a book he wanted to send me to share with the family out here on …
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A Bright Shiny Object That Answered an Old Question
An email from familysearch.org the other day sent me looking at grave markers for relatives that the familysearch site had collected in a slideshow. Flipping through these led me to the Sweet family and then to a couple of relatives …
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My Earliest Memory
For all of my adult life, when asked about my earliest memory, I have described it as involving a very hot day, walking across a parking lot to a bank or maybe post office, with my father and grandparents. I …
Friedel Jelin Lewin (c 1894-1942) and Daughter Dvorah (1924-1942) Visit Syracuse
Thanks to some feedback and suggestions from cousin Ron and cousin Nancy, I have updated this post a little as of 3 May 2020. I see that the story of Jeanette Jelin needs to be filled in, and that I …
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My Current Favorite Photo – 52 Ancestors
All right, if I were going to commit myself to doing the 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks challenge this year I would already be more than a month behind. So I’m not going to do that. However, I am going …