This week’s topic for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge is “So Far Away!” It couldn’t have come at a better time! In just a few weeks, Scott and I will be joining my sister Jeanne and her partner, Suzi on a very special trip, a river cruise beginning in Amsterdam and ending in […]
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The lives of my mother and her family were changed forever one day in March 1938. On that day, the Nazis appropriated my great-grandfather’s business. As he (Sigmund Lichtenthal) explained in a letter written years later, “The firm, Lital, came to a natural end when Austria was occupied by […]
In this post I continue to share my experience at the 34th Conference on International Jewish Genealogy in Salt Lake City, Utah. TuesdayAt 7:30 a.m., I attended the “Breakfast with the Experts – Discovering the Jewish Resources at the Family History Library” presented by Heidi Sudgen of the Family History Library. Heidi gave a great overview […]
In May of 1938, my family changed forever. I realize that we were blessed that no one in my mother’s immediate family was murdered. We fared so much better than millions of others. I get that. While ours is not a story of horrifying proportions, it still is worthy of being told. It should never […]
Normally, I would have a long, wordy post all prepared to go. Truth be told I do have a long, wordy post prepared…..too wordy! I really need to trim it down and determine a focus. Trust me, you’ll appreciate that! So – in honor of my grandfather’s 113th birthday, I am posting this series of […]
Sigmund Lichtenthal was my maternal great-grandfather. While I don’t remember him at all, I have definitely formed an impression of his personality. My mom used to tell me that Sigmund’s business card identified him as an “expert” – no mention of what he was an “expert in, however. I figured she was exaggerating. After all, who would have […]
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