October 2001 Met some new Schmachtenberger cousins online. One of them, Pat Schmachtenberger Kiel, emailed me some great information that she had about the earliest Schmachtenbergers–Adolph’s father, Adam, and Adam’s father who was born on a ship sailing to America in 1745. There’s an article that says once the child was born on the ship, … Read more
We went to visit my dad and Aunt “up north” in Michigan. They surprised me with these great family pictures. This one is the Rushton family in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, around 1900. Cora Ann (b. 1876), Horace Holroyd (b. 1879), Bertha Estelle, my great-grandmother (b. 1881), Eliza Jane Schmachtenberger Rushton (b. 1850), husband Hiram … Read more
September 2001 Debi Burgess Sends Dozens of Watson Photos I’ve had some exciting happenings in my little genealogy world. First, never ever get discouraged if you hit “the wall.” I thought I was stuck, couldn’t find descendants, couldn’t find ancestors, so I posted surnames and queries all over the internet using Ancestry.com and Rootsweb message … Read more
June 2001 A surprise kinship has been discovered. In May, my husband Rick took me to his grandparents’ gravesite. William Palmer and Iris Luella Bradley Palmer died in the 1940’s. Once I had her birth and death dates, I found Iris Bradley’s heritage at Familysearch.org. There was enough information to trace her lineage back to the … Read more
January 2002 Happy New Year. My New Year’s Resolution is to get all these family files organized and onto the webpage. I have many many newfound cousins who are working with me on various branches of the family, and I’d like this page to be a resource for them to swap photos and info. Unknown … Read more