Topic: Setting Research Goals As Week #2 closes, I have made some decisions: 1) I will think of the Do-Over weeks as steps instead of weeks. 2) I will recreate my tree, beginning with me 3) As I add each new person to the tree, I will : gather, scan/photograph, record and file all documents I […]
Read MoreAlfonse Falcone at a New Haven hockey game This week’s topic was somewhat difficult – King? I wasn’t sure who in our family best fit that title. I decided my step-father, Alfonse (Alphonse) Falcone best fit the bill. “Alfie” entered my life when he met my mother shortly after her divorce in 1962. My father […]
Read MoreI only made it to Week 18 of last year’s “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks“. (I have all kinds of excuses, but I’ll spare you the experience of listening to me whine.) I’m going to try again. This year I’m combining the 52 Weeks challenge with Thomas MacEntee’s “Genealogy Do-Over.” For 2015, there are weekly […]
Read MoreLast year, I participated in the blog challenge “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks.” posed by Amy Johnson Crow (http://www.nostorytoosmall.com/posts/category/52-ancestors-challenge/). The idea was to post about an ancestor every week. I took up the challenge for two reasons: to share some of the research I had gathered over the past few years and to help me […]
Read MoreMy three-week hiatus from posting is due to several things; one not-so-great, one sad, and one MARVELOUS!! First, my husband Scott came down with the flu. Not the “I feel gross – I think I have the flu.” flu but “The doctor says people die from this.” kind of flu. Considering our daughter was due […]
Read More<!–[if supportFields]>xe “OSTERMANN:Benjamin (b. 1880) ” \f A<![endif]–><!–[if supportFields]><![endif]–><!–[if supportFields]>xe “United States:New York:Brooklyn:389 Fifth Avenue ” \f B<![endif]–><!–[if supportFields]><![endif]–>Benjamin Edward Ostermann was my great-grand uncle on my father’s side. He was born on April 28, 1880 in Brooklyn, New York. His parents, both German immigrants, were Edouard Ostermann and the former Hanshon (Hannah) Goldschmidt. The […]
Read MoreMy great-grandmother, Sophie Weiss Spiegel My great-grandmother’s slippers As I am a bit crunched for time this week, I thought I would post a “quickie” about the importance of mementos in our family history. I am quite lucky to be from a family of quasi-hoarders. Thanks Mom!! Not everyone recognizes the importance of keeping their […]
Read MoreMoshe Jacob Samuel is my 5th great-grandfather on my father’s side. I know I should be pleased that I have managed to trace the family back to 1795 England but I want to know more! Where did Moshe come from? My search to prove (or disprove, which is more likely) that I have some Irish […]
Read MoreAlan and Jessica SamuelProbably 1935 or 1936 Today was a sad day. My Aunt Jessica was laid to rest after nearly 79 years on this earth. But this post is not really about her – it’s about maintaining family connections. Jessica was my father’s sister. After many years of being estranged, she and my father […]
Read MoreThis week’s post doesn’t focus on a specific relative but instead considers the concept of what actually constitutes a “relative”. Who do we include in our family tree? Albert Einstein I get periodic emails from Geni.com updating me about the progress other people have made on “our” family tree. Usually I pay them little attention as most updates […]
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Who We Are and How We Got This Way 