I’m at a library conference and suddenly – someone is talking about various archives that have uploaded their historic photos into Flickr. I never considered Flickr as a possible source
Author: mcwieser
Anstoetter/Anstoeter – Is the spelling of a name an artifact of a family fight?
My husband (and my kids of course) is descended from one of two men named Anstoetter, who were probably brothers, who came to the US in about 1868 from the
Structural Elements Needed!
The subfloor is down but the walls and windows are missing, not to mention the electricity, hvac and insulation. Oh and did I mention the ceiling? The colorful balls hanging
Being remodeled out of the house
When you own a 100 year old house and you are trying to do a sensitive remodel somethings have to give. At this point what is “giving” is my genealogy,
Knitting-an ancestorally connected activity
I’ve been a recreational knitter for several years. Unfortunately knitting takes away from family history time and vice versa. But in re-reading the diary of midwife Martha Ballard (I was
Geni.com – an interesting way to collaborate
I’ve been playing around (in between rebuilding the website and restoring the house – looks like a theme there) with Geni.com which is basically a collaborative genealogical workspace. Not quite
The Thomas Asher who died in Texas – how does he relate to my Thomas?
According to the War of 1812 pension file of Thomas Asher, who died in TX in 1885, he was drafted in Anderson County, Tennessee, in October 1814 and was discharged
Updates and corrections to the Asher timeline
A big thank you to cousin Darrel who went over the Asher timeline with a fine toothed comb and discovered errors and helped with additions. Rather than do a second
Remodeling gives you a historical perspective
We are remodeling our 100 year old house. Actually, I guess you could say we are restoring/rehabing/rejuvenating our house. When we are done the house will look as close to
Tennessee Asher people – War of 1812
I’ve been using War of 1812 pension records, bounty land claims and service records to try and assemble a group of Asher males who might be related. There are 6