An often overlooked source of genealogical information are funeral prayer cards. The kind you pick up at the funeral home and maybe after a while you tuck it away in your bible or prayer book. At least that’s what our mother used to do with the prayer cards she saved. As she read the bible … Continue reading Prayer card – Theresa Mosch Vespera
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Photograph of the Week – Mirota Family and the Car
Three Mirotas are sitting on the car, with another behind the wheel, in this delightful photograph from the 1930s. Taken at the Mirota farm in Readington Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, the car is a Ford Model B, 2-door Roadster, from about 1932. The car appears in other photos in 1937, so perhaps the picture was … Continue reading Photograph of the Week – Mirota Family and the Car
Photograph of the Week – Wasik Family of McDonald, PA
One of our great joys as Genealogy Sisters was to go to a Wasik reunion in McDonald, Washington County, PA. My sister had written to one of the Wasiks in 2000 about our shared family heritage, and he said come on down to that year's reunion. So, with my brother-in-law in charge of the eight … Continue reading Photograph of the Week – Wasik Family of McDonald, PA