The old tree was from more than 20 years ago, so I took about an hour tonight to publish a new one. I use Reunion on the Mac and I love it. It’s extremely user-friendly. The report includes 4095 families. It probably needs some cleanup, but it will do for now. See the tree here.
In my last blog, I told about the story I had heard years ago about the death of my great grandmother, Bertha. As she died, in May 2012, there was a freak snowfall in Michigan. This site actually confirmed the story. I simply selected the area, the year, and the date in question, and the … Read more
My grandma Ariel often talked of her mother, Bertha, and her death at age 30. Her mother had suffered through several pregnancies and early deaths of her children. I know there were at least 10 pregnancies, and seven live births in a 12 year period. Grandma was never quite sure what caused her mother’s death. … Read more
Well, it’s not exactly new, but it’s cleaned up and better organized. Tonight, I worked on cleaning up my family tree for publishing as a gedcom. It needs more work, but it’s much improved, so I privatized information on living relatives and uploaded the latest tree. I need to start on the Palmer tree next.I … Read more
December 2001 Finally got to the St. Thomas, Ontario, cemetery where much of my kin is buried. My father was born in St. Thomas and just about everyone in the preceding generations is buried there or in Hamilton. John A. Billings was my great grandfather–my grandfather William’s father. He is buried here with his wife, … Read more
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