Ancestral towns

The Elusive Wesley

April 7, 2018 | Comments Off on The Elusive Wesley
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Carolyn Schott

I know he existed. But where did he go? One of our family mysteries is Wesley, an orphan boy that…

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Dabbling in DNA

February 27, 2018 |
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Carolyn Schott

You may have seen the Ancestry ad where a man trades in his lederhosen for a kilt after taking a…

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10 Tips for Finding Your Ancestor’s Town

October 22, 2017 |
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Carolyn Schott

I admire my ancestors’ sense of adventure and determination to seek out better lives by migrating from Germany to Ukraine/Poland/Hungary…

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Fun with the Meyers Gazetteer

August 9, 2017 | Comments Off on Fun with the Meyers Gazetteer
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Carolyn Schott

As children, we used to share what we did on our summer vacations. As an adult genealogist, I can’t wait…

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Welcome Back to Osthofen

September 15, 2016 |
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Carolyn Schott

From the very first email, I felt my ancestral town of Osthofen reaching out to welcome me. The email was,…

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Osthofen, Germany: My Ancestral Town

February 9, 2016 |
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Carolyn Schott

The town of Osthofen, Germany, was the home of the Schott family from at least1717 to 1809. It is over…

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Cooking in the Footsteps of My Ancestors

November 16, 2015 |
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Carolyn Schott

My mother was always blunt, or “direct” if you want to be polite. I learned to live with comments like,…

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Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia – History of a German Village (Part 6)

June 4, 2015 |
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Carolyn Schott

This is the final of 6 blog posts on my grandfather’s home village of Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia (now Ukraine). Resettlement to…

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Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia – History of a German Village (Part 5)

June 2, 2015 |
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Carolyn Schott

This is part 5 of 6 blog posts on my grandfather’s home village of Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia (now Ukraine). The beginning…

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Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia – History of a German Village (Part 4)

May 31, 2015 |
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Carolyn Schott

This is part 4 of 6 blog posts on my grandfather’s home village of Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia (now Ukraine). Celebrations Memories…

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