May 2014 Blog Posts (16)

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There is a family tree on thes sites: http://www.myheritage.com and…

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It's been a really busy weekend so I'm pretty late getting this posted.  In honor of Memorial Day,  here's a soldier.  I THINK this might be my great-grandfather's brother.  Surname Peto or Petho.....Not sure though. 

Its time to return to writing in a new blog with a new focus. And appropriately we begin on Memorial Day, when we honor those who served and continue to serve when our nation called. This will be my first Memorial Day without this handsome young guy in this photo. He's my Dad. We lost him last year in October after a long illness. Ray was 86…

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Sunday May 18, 2014 was the first public screening of my documentary, “Martin Elkort: An American Mirror” at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. It showed to a crowd of about 200 people, which is an terrific turn out for an early Sunday evening, on a graduation weekend.

Anne Wilkes Tucker, The Gus and Lyndal Wortham Curator of Photography, gave a wonderful opening speech where she helped the audience to create a context of what it was like to be a photographer during that time period…

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Looking for relatives on the schlegelmilch/west families! my grandfather is robert west married my grandmother (susan mrozinski) and his father (my great grandfather) is harry david west who married hazel hier) and his parents (my great great grandparents) is mary schlegelmilch west and joseph west. mary's father was a pioneer miller in huron county michigan which he is my great great great gradfather

christian frederick schlegelmilch married a elizabeth dilling. looking for more info on… Continue

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My Dad was born in Waterloo, Iowa 19 May 1913.  l believe Grandma said it was morning time.  

Births back then were normally at home with help from family.

He moved all over from the time he was small until 1948.

As his feet gathered moss, he also gained more siblings and more places to have been.

One Grandmother lived in Washburn, Iowa,  Blackhawk County. His fathers' in Chickasaw Co. north of there.

He lived in Waterloo for a period of…

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Unfortunately my days are too busy and I've not been able to keep up with this every day.  So I'm switching to weekly posts.

Here's a photo of what looks to be a group wedding taken in Perth Amboy, NJ.  My great-grandparents John Peto and Ester (Stella) Liska/Lisko were married there in 1905 but they are not in this group picture.…

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May 14, 2014

FGS Hosts 2015 Alaskan Cruise, 2015 New York Regional Conference, and Celebrates Its…

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Back in Oct. I started the "clean up" in Prep. for L#8, but due to extended  illness was only now able to complete the c chore.  Went to run an updated list but got back my Original.  The changes do show up on the families involved tho..  What did I do wrong??  Tnx for any help.

I have discovered an awful lot of Pummells in the USA, but so far they do not appear to be connected to my family. If there are any of you out there who can trace back to 1800's in Hampstead Norris (Norreys) in Berkshire, England, you could be mine! Please get back to  me. I have managed to go back to 1700, so far, by the way!

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NGS honored excellence in the categories of genealogy and family history newsletter editorship and service to the Society with the presentation of several awards at the Opening Session of the NGS 2014 Family History Conference in Richmond, Virginia, on 7 May 2014. The Opening Session keynote speaker was Dr. Sandra G. Treadway, Librarian of Virginia and State Archivist at the Library of Virginia in Richmond, who spoke on the topic “The…

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These appear to be group wedding pictures.  They all come from Perth Amboy, NJ which is where my great-grandparents Janos (John) Peto and Ester Stella Liska were married in 1905, but we have no idea who these people are.…

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