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Where we go behind the scenes, sharing ideas and experiences in genealogy and family history. One of the challenges of writing a family...
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Janet
Feb 18, 20221 min read
A much improved mobile site
While it's hard for me to imagine doing genealogy on a phone, I admit that until recently our mobile site lacked the attractiveness and...
Janet
Jan 28, 20202 min read
A Smith family tree at last!
For I long time I've wanted to publish a more extensive Philip Smith tree and had hoped to recruit a researcher who might submit one. ...
Janet
Sep 16, 20192 min read
A visit to Schmidt Maple Woods
Earlier this summer my sister Alice and I stopped on our way to Manitoba to visit Schmidt Maple Woods near Stanley, Wisconsin. The...
Janet
Aug 1, 20191 min read
Now is the time to create or update your profile!
If you haven't been here for awhile, you'll notice the new Members Area (formerly the Members Page). The changes were necessitated by a...
Janet
Feb 19, 20191 min read
Become a Member - No obligation...really!
We're gradually being discovered by more Schmitt descendants, and I can't say how gratifying it is to hear from you and to hear how the...
Janet
Jan 10, 20191 min read
Hello friends - Hope you like the updates!
I'm delighted to have received email this past year from newfound relatives offering corrections to family trees, as well as thanks for...
Janet
Jan 13, 20181 min read
Dr. Habein will be greatly missed
When I wrote of my recent visit with Dr. H.C. Habein and his family, I'd not yet received the news of his passing on December 4, 2017. ...
Janet
Jan 5, 20181 min read
An easy method to organize old family photos using archival materials
Have a box of old family photos you're not sure how to preserve? That was my family's dilemma when my mother presented us with a...
Janet
Jan 4, 20181 min read
At long last - a "family reunion"
Twenty years ago, before censuses and ship's manifests were routinely found online, I bought a roll of microfilm I had reason to believe...
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