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 …
Category: Miscellaneous
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 …
Elizabeth Mary Hockman – The Next Step
I started doing a genealogy happy dance a few weeks ago when I had a breakthrough. I have posted a couple of times (here and here) about the questions I have for my great grandmother and who her biological parents …
Veterans Day, 2019
I remember it being called Armistice Day when I was young, and the holiday was always celebrated on November 11, the day the Armistice ending World War I was signed and went into effect. I had two grandfathers eligible for …