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December 2, 2016 Dana 2 Comments 1 min read

Circa 1914 Harley Davidson Motorcycle

My dad recently sent me this photo of my grandmother’s “Uncle Charlie & Uncle Ed Coppenbarger circa 1914.” I love

November 26, 2016 Dana 2 Comments 1 min read

I recently met a “new” Peters cousin through Ancestry.com and we have been sharing photos and other information. She sent

November 22, 2016 Dana 7 Comments 5 min read

In October, I started telling the story of one of my immigrant families: the Peters. My purpose was to find

November 15, 2016 Dana 0 Comments 2 min read

Last week, my dad sent me this photo which was labeled “Cassie McCluskey and Linda Peters.” He said the original

November 7, 2016 Dana 2 Comments 2 min read

Diahan Southard, known as “Your DNA Guide,” is a genetic genealogist who teaches through seminars and video training, publishes DNA

November 3, 2016 Dana 2 Comments 1 min read

After locating the church in Bellin, Germany, where my Peters family attended in the late 1850s, my dad found a

November 2, 2016 Dana 0 Comments 1 min read

I spent hours looking for the baptismal record of my great, great, great grandmother, Henriette Maria Magdalena Bünger. I believed she

November 1, 2016 Dana 5 Comments 2 min read

In the U.S., most of my ancestors were farmers. But, my newly found German ancestors had a variety of occupations.

October 31, 2016 Dana 3 Comments 2 min read

Although I didn’t get a word by word translation, volunteers at the Facebook group “Genealogy Translations” helped me to translate

October 29, 2016 Dana 4 Comments 1 min read

I started researching our family in 1998, and my dad’s aunt, Beulah, had probably researched several decades before that time.