October is National Family History Month, and one of the ways to search for your family is through census records. If you watch any of the TV genealogy shows, you will notice that the census records are almost always checked very early on in the search. It used to be in the USA that you … Continue reading Searching Federal Census Records – Mirota Surname
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Surname Saturday – Wasik Family
Surname Saturday looks at the history behind our family names. "Wasik Name Meaning. Polish (Wasik): descriptive nickname from a diminutive of was ‘moustache’ (see Was).Polish and Ukrainian: from a pet form of the personal name Wasyl, Polish form of Greek Basileios (see Basil). Eastern German: nickname from Sorbian wasik ‘crawler’" [Source: ancestry.com]. There are two … Continue reading Surname Saturday – Wasik Family
Six Word Saturday – 13 June 2015
I like to wear hats, too! Today I'm remembering Maude E. Eisenberger Stewart (1894-1983). She was a feisty but loving lady. I enjoy her stylish sense of fashion, and devotion to hat wearing! When she was a young mother, she would pay a neighbor to make most of her children's clothing. Maude enjoyed picking out … Continue reading Six Word Saturday – 13 June 2015
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