Newspapers!
It's been more than a minute since I have posted! I wanted to share an important tool for researching your family! Newspapers. Here is our latest podcast discussing just that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDfPCXrZCdo
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Finding Female Ancestors
Finding Females in your family tree can be a challenge! In this episode of our podcast, Lois and I share some ideas to help you find those ladies! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlNL9cq_KKA
Leonie Schuler Goulemus: A mystery in two or more parts
Leonie Madeleine Schuler was born in France in 1840. She immigrated in March of 1845 to America with Catherine, her mother and her younger brother, Henri, known in the US as Harry. (Harry is my great great grandfather.) The family reunited with their husband/father, Louis Schuler and settled with many other French/Germans in the fourth ward of New Orleans. Louis and Catherine went on to have seven more children. By 1880, Leonie is the only family member remaining in Louisiana. She is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in the tomb pictured above. Also in this tomb is Frank/Francois Goulemus, Leonie's husband and six other people, Kleins, Karchers, Vitranos, all names I do not recognize. Why do I not know these people? You wouldn't be buried with friends or casual acquaintances, members of what in genealogy circles we would refer to as the F.A.N. club, would you? My thinking is that these six other people must be relatives or closely connec...
What's in a name?
Long time, no write! As the year draws to a close, I have been thinking a lot about the discoveries I have made during the course of the year and the brick walls I have been able to poke some holes in. Work and real life have gotten in the way and I haven't been able to write very much over this year, but I have been making some progress in my research. I was spending some of my research time today thinking about where I need and want to go from here. Is 2017 the year of my do-over? I have been reading about different ways of recording and organizing my information . I learned a lot reading and rereading Kerry Scott's book H ow to Use Ever note for Genealo gy. It is revolutioni zing my or g ani zing! I have been reviewing notes and research, sorting through filled notebooks in the hope of creating a game plan for next year and I was pleased and surprised by the amount of surnames I now consider mine. I counted 45! ...