My Trails into the Past

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again - time for some more Genealogy Fun!!     Here is our assignment from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings : Check out Lisa Alzo's "Fearless Females 2023" blog post prompts and write about one of them. Here's mine: I have done many Fearless Females posts in the past but have not done day 20, so here is my post. March 20—Is there a female ancestor who is your brick wall? Why? List possible sources for finding more information. I have many women whom either I don’t know their surname or I know the surname but don’t know her parents. Let's look at Susanna Radunz. Susanna Radunz was married to Vincent Sievert on 10 February 1850 in Schneidemühl, Posen. I do not know the name of the church or any other details except the date. [1]    They came to the U.S. on 23 June 1852 aboard the Johanna Elise. [2] Later, I found W. Sievert with his wife and child on the Hamburg passenger list. This document confi...

It's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun by Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings .   For this week's mission (should you decide to accept it), I want you to: 1) Read Lisa Alzo's blog post "Fearless Females Blogging Prompts Series Returns for 2019"   on her blog, The Accidental Genealogist .  2) Choose one of her daily blog prompts from the list (this is March 9th, do that one if you don't want to choose another), and write about it. 3) Tell us about it in a blog post of your own, in a comment to this blog post, or in a Facebook post. Please leave a comment here with a link to your post. Checking Lisa Alzo's blog post, I chose March 7:   "Share a favorite recipe from your mother or grandmother’s kitchen. Why is this dish your favorite? If you don’t have one that’s been passed down, describe a favorite holiday or other meal you shared with your family." Many years ago after I was first married, my mother made me a recipe book full of her favorite...