Information, tips, and other interesting finds on this personal journey
This week brings another random cemetery shot. For every photo of an actual headstone from my family tree, I have dozens of generic cemetery photos. This photo is from St. Mary's Cemetery in Port Washington, Ozaukee Co., Wisconsin. [Find-a-Grave link] My great-grandparents Leon & Mildren … [Read more...]
When I'm not researching my family history, I like to dabble in video games as I've posted about before. A recent game that was released the The Sims 3. The Sims games have been around for a few years, so most of you probably already know about them. The Sims 3 is a strategic life simulation video … [Read more...]
June 29th 1725 - Died - Louis QUINET - Louis is my 9th-great-grandfather on my father's side. He was born about 1635, probably somewhere in France. He married Marguerite BROSSIER and had four children. He passed away in Contréglise, Haute-Saône, France. June 30th 1675 - Died - Louis … [Read more...]
This photo is of three of the Corrigan sons of Thomas & Emma Jane Corrigan. Maurice (my great-grandfather), Edwin, and Hank. Maurice passed away in 1990 at the age of 91. Hank passed away in 1986 at the age of 79. Edwin was the Corrigan that lived the longest out of all 9 children. I met him a … [Read more...]
So, I'm coming to the end of my family tree tombstone photos. So, instead of trying to find a new one of those to post, I thought I'd post some general cemetery photos. While visiting the cemeteries to find the stones of my ancestors I'd sometimes just take random photos. Some of them turned out … [Read more...]
June 21 1891 - Married - Johann THIELKE & Wilomene C RATHKE - Johann and Minnie are my great-great-grandparents on my mother's side. They were married in Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin. Minnie was previously married, as I found out in the census and passenger lists, to man named Frank HOLZ. I think … [Read more...]
Another photo from my wife's family collection. This is a photo of her grandparents. Her late grandfather, Keith Moran, and her grandmother Barb (Collins). You can tell that Keith worked a lot with his hands since he has huge arms. … [Read more...]
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