Generations: March 2012

Welcome

Trying to write one's family history can be rather daunting, to say the least. Even more so when you're dyslexic and have poor gramar skills. It can be quite exasperating trying to put some simblance of order to the tons of information I've accumulated since I began this journey while living in England in 2004. Should I write a book, use Facebook, use a genealogy website or write a blog? There are so many options, but no matter which avenue(s) I choose there will always be a family member who will not be able to access portions of my collection and research. What to do, what to do? Do I do more than one? Yes. This blog will be my avenue of sharing information, and feelings, as I progress through a mirad of projects such as writing a book and updating my tree on Ancestry.com. This, I believe, will also allow for sharing of information quicker. Though they are all different in how they share information, the end goal is to be the story teller for my family. To tell the stories of generations that came before me, who still walk with me and for the generations yet to be. I welcome your comments, questions and inputs.

31 March 2012

Mary Vogel Weigandt & Albert Weigandt

WOW! I just saw a photo that has my great grandfather Jacob Weigandt, my great grandmother Mary Vogel Weigandt and my great great grandmother Charlotte Sommer Vogel in it with Mary's brother Heinrich "Henry" and his family.

I am blown away by how much my grandfather Albert Weigandt looked like his mom.

18 March 2012

Katherine Ruth Graham Weigandt [Cullimore]

I don't know the date of this picture of my grandmother Katherine Ruth Graham Weigandt. After my grandfather died she took her mother's maiden name of Cullimore.

Albert Weigandt

I love this picture of my grandfather Albert Weigandt at Antelope Park in Lincoln, Nebraska, 1945. I was told he was quite the goofy guy at times.

05 March 2012

Cullimore

Thanks to a new found cousin in the UK I will be shifting research mode for awhile to the Cullimore side of my tree. Bill is also close enough to do look ups for us at the National Archives in Portsea, Hampshire, England. Thank you Bill! Also, safe travels to the Archives at Annapolis, Charleston and Savannah next month.

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