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Is Genealogy Research Costing You Too Much? 19 May 2012 | 03:30 am
I hear many comments at workshops, meetings, lectures about genealogy costing too much. I agree that depending on the depth and documentation you want, it can get expensive. I am a firm believer in re...
WWII Military Records Lecture Gave Wrong Info – Here Are the Facts 18 May 2012 | 07:45 am
I recently attended a lecture about WWII military records in hopes of finding out just one “new” source that I had possibly overlooked to help me reconstruct my maternal grandfather, Henry H. Olwig’s,...
2nd Great Grandmother Death Date Confirmed 16 Jan 2011 | 07:15 am
After two years of searching, I finally have confirmation of my 2nd great grandmother’s death date. She had been tough to find. She was using her first husband’s last name, not her maiden, and not he...
Never Give Up – New Look Sheds New Light 24 Nov 2010 | 09:07 am
For sometime I have been trying to find the death date for my 2nd great grandmother. She hasn’t always been easy to track, with several out-of-wedlock children, to many marriages, and therefore last ...
Interesting Dates found in Grandpa Olwig’s Miltary History and Rest of His Life 16 Nov 2010 | 09:21 am
95th division sent into combat: October 19, 1944 Daughter Christine born: October 19, 1950 Granddaughter born: October 19, 1970 Henry Olwig born: November 22, 1921 95th division secures Metz, France: ...
Holy Grail of Kwiatkowski Family History is Real! 21 Oct 2010 | 03:11 am
Well, my post on finding the “Holy Grail” of Kwiatkowski family history turned out to be real! My second great grandmother, Mary Kwiatkowski Krawczak died shortly after arriving to the United States ...
Raggi Wedding at St. Phillip’s, The Good News & Bad News 19 May 2010 | 01:12 pm
In trying to help my husband’s Aunt Pam (the woman who opened the door to genealogy to me) I looked through microfilm from St. Philip’s church in Chicago in the hopes to find the Raggio wedding entry,...
Fellow Genealogists, Please Don’t Be So Crabby! 15 May 2010 | 03:21 am
I’m still trying to figure out why fellow genealogists are so crabby. Recently I have not had time to go to the Family History Library to continue research on about 17 films I have in. This was unex...
Stuck with Utterback Family Born Before 1850 30 Apr 2010 | 05:05 am
As I continue to wait for documents on the Olwig side from the Polish archives, which I have found takes months, I’ve gone back to the Utterback side, but have found to be stuck again. I still can no...
Holy Grail of Kwiatkowski History — Or Just the Wrong Person? 2 Apr 2010 | 07:34 am
I’ve been trying to narrow down the family behind Marianne Kwaitkowski, my maternal 2nd great grandmother. She is from Poland, traveled where with her husband and three children (one being my great gr...
