I’m still up to my elbows in my big data clean-up but more than halfway done! It feels so good to get my records and source citations in good order. As I’ve been going through my Swedish record collection, I’ve looked at a few documents more closely and of course that prompts me to follow up […]
Joe Rademacher in Snyder, Colorado – 1917
I got an email out of the blue this morning from a distant Burkey cousin. She had this postcard in her collection. The back side was written by Annie Rademacher, announcing the birth of Joe, Jr. born October 2, 1917. The front is a photo of Joe Rademacher standing out in a beet field. This […]
Another trip to Carbon
Last November, I went to Wyoming to see where the Brodd family first settled upon their arrival in America. I went to a museum in Hanna, but weather prevented me from going to see the cemetery and what’s left of the small town of Carbon. I made plans to return! Last Friday was the day; […]
General blog news
Posts have been scarce lately and will continue to be so for another week or two. I collected quite a bit of new information while in Nebraska and Iowa two weeks ago and as I started to sift through it all, I uncovered some weaknesses in the way I store and enter information in my […]
Johnson Family Reunion – June 22, 2014
I’ve been away for the last 10 days! Last weekend, I attended the Johnson Family Reunion in Lincoln, Nebraska. We gave a little presentation about our trip to Sweden. I recorded it onto YouTube. It includes some information about my great-grandparents Gust and Augusta Rudeen. (The ‘Ed Marberg’ that is mentioned in the video became […]
