Looking at Pennsylvania Death Certificates today! Today I'm having lots of luck searching through old death certificates online. Years ago when my sister and I started doing genealogy, we had to send away for records like this, or spend time looking through microfilm at state archives. Ancestry.com has added a huge database with death certificates … Continue reading Six Word Saturday – Looking at Pennsylvania Death Certificates today!
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Camp Croft, South Carolina – 1941 – Brewski Time!
These World War II Army buddies are enjoying some well deserved R & R in this photograph from 1941. This picture was taken at Camp Croft, South Carolina, and saved by James Doran of Harrison, New Jersey. He was inducted in Newark, NJ, on 25 March 1941. James is the last one on the far … Continue reading Camp Croft, South Carolina – 1941 – Brewski Time!
Family History Month – My Polish Family
October is Family History Month! Of course to someone that loves genealogy, every month celebrates the very same thing. Today I'm looking at my Polish roots, from my maternal grandparents side. Everyone in the photograph above was either born in Poland, or were first or second generation Polish-Americans. The two women in the center of … Continue reading Family History Month – My Polish Family