World War I Armistice Photo
Today's observance of the World War I Armistice centenary makes me think of my paternal great-uncle, John Loe. Uncle John served on transport troop ships during World War I. On November 11, 1918, he [...]
Today's observance of the World War I Armistice centenary makes me think of my paternal great-uncle, John Loe. Uncle John served on transport troop ships during World War I. On November 11, 1918, he [...]
Genealogists: Go for a Serendipity Run at the Library of Congress on November 8. No sneakers required. Challenged finding what you need for family history research in the vast collections of the Library of Congress? On [...]
Finding more Prussian ancestors in Rawitsch was on the agenda in the afternoon. Read part 1 of this ancestral visit here. So far, I've found over 200 German-speaking ancestors who lived in Prussia in [...]
Today's (long) post is about finding Prussian ancestors in Rawitsch. My trip to Poland to discover German-speaking Prussian ancestors is the sixth of eight ancestral trips to the villages of my great-grandparents. (Read Part [...]