February 2013 archive

Karen’s Chatt Begins Its Third Year

January 27th 2013 was the second anniversary of Karen’s Chatt, or as the Geneabloggers say, Blogiversary. I want to thank everyone for the Blogiversary wishes and for reading and supporting Karen’s Chatt the past two years. This past year Karen’s Chatt had nearly 8,000 visits and over 16,000 page views. Visitors were from all around …

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Tombstone Tuesday–Anna R. Pflueger

This is the tombstone of Anna R. Pflueger, located in row 10 of Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Schumm, Van Wert County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed: Anna R. Ehefrau Von A. J. Pflueger Geb. 27. Feb. 1871 Gest. 20. Mai 1911 Alter 40 J. 2 M. u. 23 T. PFLUEGER Translation: Anna. R. Wife of A.J. …

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Carl F. Miller WWI Draft Classification

I often find the best things when I am going through and organizing things. Yesterday I was going through some old Miller papers that we found while cleaning out my dad’s garage last summer. Some of the papers are old, barely readable land deeds that I probably would have archived instead of storing in a …

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