Finding the Family of Libby Sharp Part 3 This is the third in a a series of blog posts based on a presentation I did for my local genealogy group in 2018. Using some techniques for evaluating indirect and negative evidence, I was finally able to break through a 20+ year old brick wall in … Continue reading Breaking Through a Brick Wall
Later Years Helen Jo Breu sent letters to my great great grandmother, Rose Bohman Weigel, in Rose's later years in the nursing home. She related stories that her mother and grandmother told her and stories from her childhood memories of growing up in the area off Pleasant Hill Road called the Squaw Creek Homestead. One … Continue reading Stories from Squaw Creek Homestead
Finding the Family of Libby Sharp Part 2 This is the second in a a series of blog posts based on a presentation I did for my local genealogy group in 2018. Using some techniques for evaluating indirect and negative evidence, I was finally able to break through a 20+ year old brick wall in … Continue reading Breaking Through a Brick Wall
Maple Leaf, South Dakota This week, I'm stealing from a paper that my son had to write in 3rd grade on a relative who attended school in a one room schoolhouse. At the time, it was no easy task to find someone still living who had attended one of these schools. We ended up placing … Continue reading Aunt Marian’s School Days
Finding the Family of Libby Sharp Part 1 This is a series of blog posts based on a presentation I did for my local genealogy group in 2018. After 20 years of searching for this family (and many years by others before me), I ran across a podcast on Ancestral Findings discussing the use of … Continue reading Breaking Through a Brick Wall
Family Murdered Wants Damages Adam Luft of Waupaca County Files Suit Against Bert H. Drew Estate - Judge Murat Hears Case at Waupaca Judge John A. Murat is hearing an important case in county court at Waupaca started as the result of a sensational tragedy near that city last year in which Bert H. Drew, … Continue reading Tuesday News Day
Mary Ann Clegg Byrne Sometimes you run across a portrait that is so beautiful it makes you really stop and stare. That is how I felt when I saw this portrait of Mary Byrne. She is not directly related to myself or my husband; she was a great aunt of my husband's aunt, Sara Elliott … Continue reading Portraits
Pioneer Life Anna and Nicholas Hamus worked hard to make a living on their farm. They grew crops, sold produce, and traded with the local Native Americans. Anna also told stories about Gypsy people coming through the area. According to Helen Jo Breu, in the days before there were cheese factories, farmers kept just enough … Continue reading Stories from Squaw Creek Homestead
