Albert Weigandt - 1918

I received a copy of a 1918 photo of my grandfather, Albert Weigandt, and his cousins from my cousin Ginny on the Vogel side of our family. I can’t thank her enough for sharing some of her photos with me. Glimpses into the past make you giggle.

 

Bertha Louise Mays (1918 - 1920) - Find A Grave Memorial

One of my grandmother's sisters. Bertha Louise Mays (1918 - 1920) - Find A Grave Memorial

Weigandt Connection

Just received an email from a distant relative. How cool is that?! The connection appears to be a sister of Jacob Weigant, my great grandfather. Not only did a brother travel to America but apparently a sister did too. She married before coming to the states and that is probably why I missed her on the passenger list. Jacob's brother, Oswald, was denied entry into the US so he got on a boat headed for Argentina. More to come.

Cheers!

Video of Sandy and Linda with Marilyn Monroe

Sandy and Linda with Marilyn Monroe video. There is no sound.

March of Dimes Charity Event, 1958
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVO8kAVcgWo&feature=share

Sandy and Linda with Marilyn Monroe, Jan 1958

1936 Senior Class Picture - Mary "Helen" Weigandt

1958 March of Dimes Family

1940 Census

Tomorrow is the big day...the big release of the 1940 census. Well, sort of. Apparently the information becomes available to the public, and other genealogy sites.  The records, which belong to the National Archives and Records Administration, have not been accessible to the public and this includes sites such as Ancestry.com, until tomorrow.  So, Ancestry will not begin to upload information until tomorrow.

"The National Archives and Records Administration will open the 1940 U.S. Federal Census on April 2, 2012—the first time this collection will be made available to the public. Once we receive the census, we will begin uploading census images to our site so the public can browse them. Initially, this collection will be what we call a browse-only collection. This means a person can scroll through the pages of the census districts much like you would look at a microfilm or a book. At the same time, we will be working behind the scenes to create an index of the census that will eventually allow people to search for their family members by name as they currently can with all other censuses on Ancestry.com. Note also that the 1940 U.S. Federal Census will be accessible free of charge throughout 2012 on Ancestry.com...

...how long will the upload process take? and when will my state be ready. Unfortunately, until we start the process we have no idea exactly how long it will be before all images or a specific state will be uploaded. We like to use this analogy: think about how long it takes to upload all of the images on a memory card onto a home computer. Now imagine that memory card holds 3.8 million, very-high-definition images."