Information, tips, and other interesting finds on this personal journey
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...]
I went to the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee's Golda Meir Library last week to spend some time looking through old newspapers for obituaries. UWM has all of the Milwaukee Sentinel and Milwaukee Journal (and Journal-Sentinel) papers on microfilm back to about 1886 or so. I found a few … [Read more...]
This topic is going around the genealogy blogosphere, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I know for a fact that there are other people out there with the name Brian Zalewski and even including my middle name, James. I'm pretty sure there is even one in this state. Growing up the only Zalewski … [Read more...]
Here is a neat idea. Someone had found an old diary from a family member that was written as a small sentence a day. It turned out to be perfect for a twitter account. It's a very cool idea where old meets new. Late last year, my family found a line-a-day diary maintained by my great-aunt from 1937 … [Read more...]
This Carnival of Genealogy has to do with "The Happy Dance. The Joy of Genealogy. Almost everyone has experienced it. Tell us about the first time, or the last time, or the best time. What event, what document, what special find has caused you to stand up and cheer, to go crazy with joy? If you … [Read more...]
Found this over at GenBlog, a 99 (really 104) Things Meme and with a genealogy twist. Thought I'd give it a shot. The list should be annotated in the following manner: Things you have already done or found: bold face type Things you would like to do or find: italicize (color optional) Things … [Read more...]
Well, I was going to write an article asking for some help, but I think I found my answer. When I was a kid, we used to visit my great grandmother (or who I thought was my great grandmother at the time.) As far as I can remember, we always called her "Tanta." I always thought this was her name, but … [Read more...]
I saw a post over at The Genetic Genealogist about this and I thought it'd be interesting to check my information.Though, it's kind of a downer since I don't really know exactly where my Y-DNA or my mtDNA was in 1808. I can only trace my Zalewski line back to about 1858 with Frank J. Zalewski, in … [Read more...]
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