A Smörgåsbord of Stories
One of the fascinating tools of modern genealogical research is digitized newspapers. When seeking clues about Katherine Miller, I scanned newspapers to fill in the genealogical gaps. An important tip for newspaper research: always look for alternate spellings as well as members of the FAN … read more
Catharina Müller was baptized in the city of her ancestors: Temmels (German Empire). In 1921 she married Albert Blees in Mankato, Minnesota (U.S.A.). What do we know about her years between Germany and her marriage? Coming to America Catharina may have felt the push … read more
One of the first rules of family history research is to start with what you know and work back in time. What do I know about Katherine Miller who married Albert Blees? When I looked in my genealogy database yesterday, I was shocked to discover … read more
Exactly one year ago, I wrote a blog post about the marriage of Albert Blees and Katherine Müller. After discussing why I chose the topic, I related my theory of how the couple met (through Katherine’s family). Then I looked at my two pieces of … read more
The idea for today’s blog post comes from a second great granddaughter of this couple. She is doing a family tree for a school project and asked her grandmother, who then asked me, for this photo. Her timing was absolutely, very, astoundingly perfect! … read more