When we think of the Second World War, for many people, the images of Nazi concentration camps and brutality often prevail in our thoughts. This is rightfully so, as the monstrosities committed by the Third Reich were unspeakable. This part of history is well documented. As they say, history is written by the victors. [...]
This is the second part in a series of posts about my beginnings as a genealogist. You can read the first part here
After the initial thrill of finding some of my family tree posted online by a cousin of mine, I wanted to learn a little more. The tree I had found included ancestors on [...]
It was a cold December evening in 2007. My wife and I were recently married in August, and we had only found out that she was pregnant a few weeks before. We were in the process of gutting and remodeling nearly the entire first floor in our new home. It was a 1927 Sears Craftsman [...]