Ancestral towns
I know he existed. But where did he go? One of our family mysteries is Wesley, an orphan boy that…
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You may have seen the Ancestry ad where a man trades in his lederhosen for a kilt after taking a…
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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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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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From the very first email, I felt my ancestral town of Osthofen reaching out to welcome me. The email was,…
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The town of Osthofen, Germany, was the home of the Schott family from at least1717 to 1809. It is over…
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My mother was always blunt, or “direct” if you want to be polite. I learned to live with comments like,…
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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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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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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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