Jacob Barkman: Born in Prussia, Buried in Manitoba
This past Saturday, Andrew and I got it into our heads to find his twice-over great-great-great-great-grandfather’s grave. We used the Find A Grave website to […]
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Digging Through Very Old Photos!
Yes, I use a lot of exclamation marks… because I am thrilled! To be honest, I sometimes worry that family members would not want to […]
Famous Mennonites I’m Related To!
I love Grandma’s Window! In case you’re unfamiliar, it’s a Low German Mennonite genealogy website. I think in the future, I’ll do a post where […]
Blumenhof Girls 1917
The year is 1917. Seven young women, in their prime, walk down the road. It’s summer. The leaves on the trees seem young, so it might […]
Explore Early Steinbach… By Reading Plaques!
The weird angle of Steinbach’s main street probably first bothered me when I was learning to drive. “Ugh,” I’d exclaim in exasperation, “This street doesn’t […]