Today was an incredible day – one I’ve been working towards and looking forward to for more than a year. One that Robert Vernon Estes earned more than 70 years ago. Robert was a POW, captured in Korea on November … Continue reading
Anyone with Acadian ancestors knows that the Acadian families were forcibly deported from Nova Scotia beginning in 1755 by the English military in retaliation for refusing to sign a loyalty oath to the British king. This event was known as … Continue reading
I didn’t know much about my great-grandmother, Nora Kirsch when I was growing up, or when I first started researching my genealogy. She passed away in 1949, long before I was born. I knew that Nora was an amazingly talented … Continue reading
It looks like we are, hopefully, emerging from this miserable pandemic and it’s great to see people going about their lives, joyfully. Almost like nothing ever happened, or is happening. I hope they, we, aren’t engaging in risks that we … Continue reading
Seriously – only me. This would only happen to me. And I thought three Michael Kirsch’s living in the same village were bad. We’ve been following Rudolph Muller’s life where we found him as an adult in Grossheppach, Germany. Johann … Continue reading
The temperature peaked someplace in the 90s on the Friday before Memorial Day in 2012, and the humidity was stifling. No one else, except one runner, was crazy enough to be hiking on Kings Mountain that day. If Jacob Dobkins … Continue reading
In last week’s article, The Camstra Trail, I was gifted with the beautiful miniature photo of Douwe Baukes Camstra and his wife and subsequently found the burial location of the couple, at least in general terms. It’s interesting how publishing … Continue reading
The day started out just like any other day, but THIS day would hold something very special. Hi Roberta, I’m writing you from the Netherlands. I don’t know where you live. Your name came up in my search for the … Continue reading
Ok, I’m just going to admit it. Mother’s Day is hard for me. Really hard. Wish I could just sleep all day and wake up on Monday after it’s all over hard. And to be clear, my difficulty with this … Continue reading
Seriously, I don’t know. This man is a mystery. Why can’t I let this go? This man is like a ghost slipping in and out of the periphery of the Lore family story, popping up here and there shouting “Boo” … Continue reading
