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January 12, 2017 Dana 8 Comments 4 min read

My Top 10 Genealogy Finds in 2016

As I did in 2014, I’d like to share my top 10 genealogy finds for 2016: Number 10: Finding myself in

January 11, 2017 Dana 2 Comments 0 min read

I believe that setting goals helps us to focus and achieve more. So, for 2017, I decided to set monthly

January 9, 2017 Dana 8 Comments 0 min read

Happy New Year! I’m just back from a New Year’s cruise I took with my daughter, mom, and niece. We

December 30, 2016 Dana 1 Comment 2 min read

My last post was about Michael Kline of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, my 6th great grandfather, and a 1781 indenture which

December 28, 2016 Dana 4 Comments 3 min read

When I got home from Christmas yesterday, a package from the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society was waiting for me! Earlier

December 26, 2016 Dana 4 Comments 1 min read

Last year, right before Thanksgiving, I held a copy of “our book” in my hands for the first time. Although

December 21, 2016 Dana 5 Comments 4 min read

With a lot of help, I now know the German villages of six of my ancestral families. I “discovered” their

December 10, 2016 Dana 4 Comments 2 min read

I decided to see if I could trace another branch of my family back to Germany: the Werthers. They arrived

December 8, 2016 Dana 4 Comments 2 min read

UPDATE: Records received from the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society show that my Kline family were NOT Mennonite after all. See

December 6, 2016 Dana 0 Comments 2 min read

My last post was about “Uncle Ed & Uncle Charlie Coppenbarger” and their vehicles: a Model T & a Harley