Monthly Archives: March 2012

So many things, so little time!

Thursday, March 29, 2012 | Filed under My Family History Journal | Leave a comment

Phew, it’s been a whirlwind couple of days on the family history front! My eyes are drooping so this is going to be a short little update. I connected with a fourth cousin twice removed and this week have continued … Continue reading →


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Grab a cigar—it’s a genetic match!

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 | Filed under My Family History Journal | Leave a comment

Back in February, my dad submitted a cheek swab to FamilyTreeDNA for a Y-chromosome test. The results are in, and the first fact was not a surprise: he’s French! Both of his parents were French-Canadian, and he knew (though hadn’t … Continue reading →

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Where in the German Empire did my Richter ancestors come from?

Friday, March 23, 2012 | Filed under Sleuthing for Stories | Leave a comment

Earlier this week I mentioned requesting death certificates from Michigan’s vital records department to learn more details about my great-grandmother’s parents. I’m still waiting  for information, and probably will be for a couple more weeks. In the meantime, I decided … Continue reading →

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Requesting death certificates to help with a brick wall

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 | Filed under Sleuthing for Stories | Leave a comment

Three of my four grandparents immigrated to Detroit, Michgian as teens or young adults. Dad’s ancestors are all French-Canadian and can be traced back in some cases to the 1600s fairly easily (not that I’ve very much research of my … Continue reading →

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Hedwig’s six-frame film reel

Monday, March 19, 2012 | Filed under My Family History Journal | Leave a comment

I had the idea to convert the filmstrip print from my great-grandmother’s motion picture days into a brief animation. It’s good to know that Photoshop is good for something other than adding snarky comments to cat photos. The film would … Continue reading →

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Hedwig’s motion picture days – 1918

Sunday, March 18, 2012 | Filed under Old Family Stories | 2 Comments

I suppose it’s fitting for my first old family story to be related to the photograph in my blog’s header graphic. It’s a photo that’s actually part of a circa 1918 filmstrip print from my great-grandmother Hedwig Postler’s early 20th … Continue reading →

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Gathering it all in one place

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 | Filed under My Family History Journal | Leave a comment

I’ve been collecting and inheriting a steady flow of photos, documents, and stuff from my family since I showed an interest in family heritage in 2001. I didn’t have a lot until after my husband and I moved cross-country and bought … Continue reading →

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