An interesting blog post, written by Scott C. Steward at vita-brevis.org entitled “Far afield“, inspired me to share the story of my great great grandmother on my mother’s side, Catherine B. (Tyler) Buchenau.
The gist of Scott’s post is that most folks think their ancestors didn’t move around much. I immediately related to his post because I used to think the same thing – until I learned about Catherine. Continue reading
Here is a copy of the photo I mentioned in a post from several days back. The photo was taken by Wendy Edwards, a newly discovered cousin who is also the source of the cemetery record discussed in that same post.
Wendy is a descendant of Margaret’s daughter Elizabeth1.
Thank you Wendy!!
The inscription reads: Continue reading
Since posting about Private Melvin J. Schenck several weeks ago on Veteran’s day, I became curious about whether some Internet searching might produce additional information regarding the circumstances under which Melvin was captured and held as a prisoner of war during the later part of World War II.
After just a few minutes searching, I was surprised to locate three reports related to the 394th Infantry Regiment Medical Detachment, 99th Infantry Division, which was the Detachment to which Melvin was assigned. Continue reading
It’s interesting to me that we know very little about the BLACKER side of my family – my mother’s maiden name. Well, we actually know a great deal about her grandfather, DAVID LYMAN BLACKER – once he arrived in Montana Continue reading