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Now He’s Gone…
Published October 7, 2011 - 3 Comments
On April 21, 1935 my Uncle Ronnie was born in a small Minnesota village. He wasn’t alone. He had a twin sister, Ruth. They were the second and third children of my Grandparents. Today, October 6, 2011, Ronnie left this earth to join family in heaven. He was joined there by both o ...
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How I Got Started
Published July 26, 2011 - 5 Comments
My journey to discovering my family history started when I was about 12 years old. I don’t recall what triggered it, but I became obsessed with a book of my family history that a distant relative had created. It fascinated me. I would look at the pictures and the pedigree ch ...
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Creative Genealogy
Published July 15, 2011 - No Comments
I found this cool article about a New Jersey lady who wrote her family tree on the wall. Check it out! When I started researching my family tree I started with pen and paper. The more information I found, the more paper I needed. From there I expanded to my laptop. Computers have m ...
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Packages
Published July 10, 2011 - No Comments
I have many different options available to assist you with your quest. Here are some options for research packages. If you are interested, please request a free quote and I would be more than happy to assist you. Digitized Documents Package – This is perfect for the person ...
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All In A Name – Tips for your research
Published October 30, 2011 - No Comments
If there is one important thing I learned from doing my own family tree research it is this, pay attention to first names and middle names. Names give clues. Early on in the research of my paternal side I had a lot of questions. I had no idea who my great-great grandparents were and ma ...
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Perfect Gift For Family!
Published October 23, 2011 - 2 Comments
I have been researching family trees for many, many years. Over the years I have used my skills to compile many interesting family trees with pictures of family members, stories of their lives, pictures of the buildings they lived in, pictures of their headstones and so much more. Ther ...
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Shaking the Family Tree
Published July 22, 2011 - No Comments
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For The Love Of History
Published September 30, 2011 - No Comments
I wasn’t interested in history in high school. To be honest, I thought it was boring. It had more to do with my teachers than the actual subject itself. History didn’t become exciting to me until I started to relate it to my ancestors. When I started my family tree rese ...
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Documents Destroyed
Published July 15, 2011 - No Comments
On July 8, 2011 the Isanti County (MN) Historical Society building was victim to arson. Roughly 150 years of historical documents were destroyed. Check out the pictures on their website!
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A Family History Book
Published July 15, 2011 - No Comments
I believe everyone would like to have a book written about their family. This guy in North Carolina actually did it! Check it out!
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The Mysterious Artist

Published July 8, 2012 at 7:22 pm - 1 Comment

Growing up near Jacobs Prairie, Minnesota it was common place for the parish children to attend summer religion with the nuns. I don’t recall what it was officially called. Maybe it was Vacation Bible Camp? All I remember is that we’d sing church songs (with hand gestures), make necklaces, attend mass and during our downtime we’d run [...] JEAH

The Family History Book

Published June 23, 2012 at 3:12 pm - No Comments

Over the last eight years I've collected data on my paternal side. I started out doing it for my son. It turned into more than I ever expected.

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The Mysterious ArtistPublished July 8, 2012 at 7:22 pm
The Family History BookPublished June 23, 2012 at 3:12 pm
We Are All Connected…one way or another.Published June 19, 2012 at 8:23 pm
All In A Name – Tips for your researchPublished October 30, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Perfect Gift For Family!Published October 23, 2011 at 2:48 pm
Now He’s Gone…Published October 7, 2011 at 12:40 pm
Family Story – Video VersionPublished October 2, 2011 at 1:53 pm
For The Love Of HistoryPublished September 30, 2011 at 5:05 pm

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