During 2015, you’ll be reading a lot of “OTD” (On This Date) posts. OTD posts are a fun way to review quick facts and photos from the family tree. First up is Andrew Burkey, Dale’s great-great-great-grandfather. On January 1, 1802, Andrew Burkey was born in the Bavarian Palatinate region of Germany to John and Solphonia Burkey […]
P. W. Pearson Probate Records, Part 1
In June of this year (2014), I obtained copies of the Saunders County probate file for P.W. Pearson. Peter William Pearson was my great-grandfather. He was also known as “Will” or “Willie” by family and friends. He had an untimely death, succumbing to cancer of the mouth at the age of only 43. He died on June […]
Marriage Record, Lawrence and Clarinda Rudeen
While she was in Colorado for Thanksgiving, Florence asked about a marriage certificate for her parents, Lawrence and Clarinda Rudeen. I had never seen one, so we looked up the instructions for ordering a copy. Florence handled all the details and sent me my copy last week! She said in a note, “Notice the name […]
Kreifels family – more info about Sioux uprising
We attended the annual Swedish Candlelight Service at Ryssby Church near Longmont on Sunday evening. In the English sermon, the pastor mentioned his participation in the 100-year observance of the 1862 Sioux Uprising in Minnesota. Just a week earlier, I had been reading about the effect of that conflict on the Kreifels family during their time […]
Youth group photo, a better scan
I couldn’t figure out why yesterday’s image scan of the youth group photo was so terrible. The resolution with my naked eye was better than the 1200 dpi scan! The photo is attached to some heavy cardboard, and I don’t think the lid of my scanner was applying enough pressure. So I tried again this […]
