This is only one door of faith in our family history. Dear Photograph, 35 years ago today we stood in the same doorway. See you again, God willing. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, Montecito, California July 24, 1976/2011 The website DearPhotograph.com started it all. Return to … [Read more...]
Ancestral Home Tour, Chicago Polish Style
Locating ancestral homes in ethnic neighborhoods can be a challenge, especially in older cities where progress has not always meant preservation. For my own family home tour in the Los Angeles suburbs, we faced changing neighborhoods and shifting memories, but sometimes, new highways and … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday: October is Family History Month
Do you know where your ancestors are? Please feel free to grab this image and share it on your blog, Facebook Page, or other social media site! … [Read more...]
Heirloom Hunting
Sunny Jane Morton Interviews The Family Curator for Family Tree Magazine Not everyone inherits a family archive. But Sunny Jane Morton's article in the Oct-Nov 2012 issue of Family Tree Magazine is full of ideas for finding ancestral artifacts, documents, and photos. Sunny called me last … [Read more...]
A Rather Boring Death (Certificate)
Eliphaz Bigelow Kinsel1862-1933 I am not very impressed with the death certificate that arrived recently for my great grandfather; but since negative information can be useful, I will attempt to extract every bit of life from this document. At the very least, I will have in hand the documentation … [Read more...]
Obtaining a Vital Record for Los Angeles Genealogy
Last week I dutifully drove to the Los Angeles suburb of Norwalk to order a death certificate for my great-grandfather Eliphaz B. Kinsel. My helpful D.A.R. genealogist urged me to add it to my application documents, and clued me in on the fast-track to L.A. vital records. Obtaining a birth, … [Read more...]
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