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...]
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...]
So, it looks like I'm running low on headstone photos. Darn you, Tombstone Tuesday. I'm going to start posting headstones from my wife's family research. This week's headstone is from her great-great grandparent's Gustave Ferdinand GYRION and his wife Josephine FRANCOIS. Gustave was born in 1858 … [Read more...]
This weeks photo is that of my great-great-grandparents, Joseph & Mary Philomene (LAURENT) DEBROUX. The stone is located in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Norwood, Langlade Co., Wisconsin. Joseph DEBROUX was born 1864 in Grand Chute, Outagamie Co., Wisconsin to Desire and Desiree DEBROUX. He … [Read more...]
This week's tombstone is that of my grandfather, Richard Zalewski. Richard passed away on April 18th, 1999. His death (along with a newspaper article) spurred my interest in genealogy and here we are today. Unfortunately, my Zalewski line is one of the toughest to research and he may have had … [Read more...]
I'm starting to run out of tombstone photos. I'll need to start posting those from my wife's family tree pretty soon. This one is from my family tree and is that of Jean-Baptiste (John) LAURENT, 3rd-great-grandfather. He was born about 1825 is Belgium, according to census records. He married my … [Read more...]
Well, it's St. Patrick's Day and I am without a true Irish headstone. I have a lot of Irish ancestors, but not a lot of headstone photos for them. Most of them passed away in mysterious, far away lands (like Canada.) This headstone of my 4th-great-grandfather will have to do for today. From my … [Read more...]
Today's headstone is that of my 3rd great-grandfather, Ignatius SZULTA. If you think his name is unique, you should see his wife's name, Nepomuncema SYLDAKT. Talk about a mouthful. My polish isn't very good, but I'm pretty sure his surname is pronounced like "Schulta." I don't even know where to … [Read more...]
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