Information, tips, and other interesting finds on this personal journey
I was able to scan some neat stuff from my great-grandfather, Joseph Zalewski, that my dad had in his possession. Joseph was a Milwaukee Police Officer for 33 years. There was also a writeup after his retirement in 1951. (Sorry for the blurriness. It's tough to scan since it's taped to the … [Read more...]
From what I figured out, this is my great-great-grandfather Thomas CORRIGAN and his first wife Ellen FERGUSON (1854- abt 1890.) I had originally tabbed it as Thomas Corrigan and his second wife, my great-great-grandmother Emma Jane FIRMENICH. Then one day I looked closer at it and at Tom and Emma's … [Read more...]
This week's tombstone is that of my 3rd great-grandmother, Olivine Marie (St. Louis) Laurent. Olivine was born in Yamachiche, St. Maurice, Quebec, Canada in 1835 to Ephraim and Marie (Manseau) St. Louis. She married my 3rd great-grandfather, Jean-Baptiste Laurent in 1857 and then immigrated to … [Read more...]
I'm going to steal this from Julie at GenBlog and post a recap of historical moments from select people in my family tree for the current week. It's a neat idea and it will help me look through the names in my tree every week and maybe spur some research. February 22 1890 - Died - William … [Read more...]
Seems I've been tagged with the KreativBlogger award by Julie at GenBlog. Thank you very much. I guess I'm supposed to tag 5 others according to the rules. I'm hoping I can find 5 bloggers that can be tagged. I usually get caught at the end of these, which I'm used to since it comes with … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday's Photo is labeled "trokas&szultas" in my list. Unfortunately, when I first scanned a few photos from my grandmother, I didn't label them very well. Though, it was probably labeled something like that in the album itself. There are only two people I think I can pick out. My … [Read more...]
I've been reading about this change to Facebook's Terms of Use since I first read it on Mashable. I agree that their change was a bit "extreme" and I hope they fix the wording. But, I've seen people freak out due to the another part of their Terms of Use that says Facebook has the right to publish, … [Read more...]
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