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Robert Robison and Sarah Ann Bell Photo and Story Gallery

I just returned from a research trip to Rock Island County, IL and put together a few last pieces that allowed me to confidently post this information on Robert Robison and Sarah Ann Bell. Robert and Sarah are Cory’s 3X Great Grandparents. They are the parents of his 2X great grandmother Sarah Robison, who isContinue reading “Robert Robison and Sarah Ann Bell Photo and Story Gallery”

Hans Jurgen Dehning WWII Experience

This was such an interesting piece to read that I obtained permission from the Dehning Family Association to share it with you here. Hans Jurgen was born in 1924 and grew up under the influence of Hitler’s politics. Hans Jurgen fought in WWII for Germany and talks about how the German people were convinced toContinue reading “Hans Jurgen Dehning WWII Experience”

Hans Roh and Cathrina Knudt Photo and Story Gallery

This post is a continuation of my posts on the 6th generation of my family tree. Counting myself as Generation 1, the 6th generation is my 3X Great Grandparents. Hans Roh and Cathrina Kundt are the parents of my 2X Great Grandfather Anna Magdalene Roh who is the mother of my Great Grandfather Walter Kallsen.Continue reading “Hans Roh and Cathrina Knudt Photo and Story Gallery”

Exciting Updates Posting Soon

What a week! I have had some fruitful research requests come to completion and have updates to report on so many fronts. The easy one – I have new information on the Kallsen/Roeh family in Germany. Thanks to Tree Tidings Genealogy there has been another generation added to the tree. I’ll post here shortly withContinue reading “Exciting Updates Posting Soon”

Early German Farm House

Thanks to Cousin Orval Dehning I just finished scanning in several years of newsletters from the Dehning Family Association in Germany. So much good information is contained in those newsletters that demonstrate things the family went through in the early 1800’s, WWII and other memorable times in history. I’ll have to see if it’s permissibleContinue reading “Early German Farm House”

Research Delays – Storer, Seibert, Robinson, Neff and Shughart

I know it’s been longer than normal since I posted any updates. I’m haven’t forgotten, and I’m not procrastinating, at the moment I’m waiting for research requests to come in. For the surnames listed above I have requests for documents in various places and am waiting for the results of that before I can confirmContinue reading “Research Delays – Storer, Seibert, Robinson, Neff and Shughart”

Family Locations – Census Mapping

As I wait for some details on a few of the branches of the family tree I thought it would be fun to see where our families were over the course of time. I took the Federal Census data and mapped locations over time. The most recent Federal Census that is available to the publicContinue reading “Family Locations – Census Mapping”

Robert Ambler and Mary Bartleson Photo and Story Gallery

Robert Ambler and Mary L Bartelson are Cory’s 3X Great Grandparents on his maternal side. They are the parents of Cory’s Great Great Grandmother Mary Ambler, who is the mother of his Great Grandfather Harry Seibert who is the father of his grandmother Mildred Seibert. The Ambler family is a Quaker family and were earlyContinue reading “Robert Ambler and Mary Bartleson Photo and Story Gallery”

Family Connections – way back to early colonists

It has always been interesting to me as I research my family and Cory’s family how closely their paths matched over time. Knowing that our ancestors could (and did) come from vastly different locations at different time periods it is not unreasonable to expect they they would follow somewhat similar migration patterns, but the frequencyContinue reading “Family Connections – way back to early colonists”