tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.comments2023-09-28T16:46:11.250-05:00TransylvanianDutchJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16874952946606709532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1483125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-87506455692429675622022-05-28T15:19:31.873-05:002022-05-28T15:19:31.873-05:00Thanks!
Outdated links have been updated.Thanks!<br /><br />Outdated links have been updated.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16874952946606709532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-9273200838015909772022-05-28T07:25:38.049-05:002022-05-28T07:25:38.049-05:00Good exploration of the sacrifices honored in Memo...Good exploration of the sacrifices honored in Memorial Day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-46489156660198214122021-06-05T09:49:26.562-05:002021-06-05T09:49:26.562-05:00Wow! This is the same thing we have been dealing w...Wow! This is the same thing we have been dealing with 2020 to 2021!!! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799507288534319493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-68610368634334622542021-01-28T07:02:38.632-06:002021-01-28T07:02:38.632-06:00Interesting! I just discovered I'm about an 11...Interesting! I just discovered I'm about an 11th cousin to Glenn Close, which is not close. 😁Matthew Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01458269895642460987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-14783976669277326672021-01-27T00:28:13.720-06:002021-01-27T00:28:13.720-06:00Great speech! Thank you for sharing it.Great speech! Thank you for sharing it.Matthew Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01458269895642460987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-39691416724705733392020-02-24T00:42:18.514-06:002020-02-24T00:42:18.514-06:00Thanks for keeping this up.
My father is Thomas Fr...Thanks for keeping this up.<br />My father is Thomas Francis HortonKeith Richard Hortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757192575940677604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-6724900587291199512018-04-15T22:05:10.834-05:002018-04-15T22:05:10.834-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799257735271090775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-73056901490282807902018-01-23T14:40:33.238-06:002018-01-23T14:40:33.238-06:00Just a note: Missouri recently passed a law that a...Just a note: Missouri recently passed a law that at age 18 an adoptee can request their original certificate.<br /><br />Of course, they need to know that they were adopted. As I said in the post, if they weren't told, the amended certificate in no way gives it away.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779409214968505642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-90525601355366527992017-12-15T15:23:05.334-06:002017-12-15T15:23:05.334-06:00I have a copy of this testimony in my records. He...I have a copy of this testimony in my records. He was my great, great, grandfather. His daughter was my great grandmother (Saphronia). Ironically I have been told I look like I have Native American in me - so this is a fun read and leaves a lot of musings!! What a history :-)Shelleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-28739216227530614412017-12-15T13:12:51.055-06:002017-12-15T13:12:51.055-06:00If you can email me at jcnewmark@gmail.com and pro...If you can email me at jcnewmark@gmail.com and provide me with your email address I can send you the information I have on Saphronia and James Cagle's descendants. There's probably nothing that's new to you, but I would love to verify that the research I have done is accurate. I have not conducted any research on James Cagle's ancestors.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779409214968505642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-70555704220783892762017-12-15T12:58:31.630-06:002017-12-15T12:58:31.630-06:00I am a granddaughter of Ruby Cagle, Daughter of Sa...I am a granddaughter of Ruby Cagle, Daughter of Saphronia Hartley/James Cagle. I would love more information about the CaglesShelleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-15107754207490576462017-11-24T20:59:54.206-06:002017-11-24T20:59:54.206-06:00I have no ancestral ties to Missouri, but my fathe...I have no ancestral ties to Missouri, but my father's grandparents were all from Eastern Europe and settled into a new life working in the New Jersey mills. Leah Yoffie's poem certainly reflects their lives, too. Thanks for sharing.Linda Stufflebeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652044674485948749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-87436241545175329942017-11-23T23:45:12.367-06:002017-11-23T23:45:12.367-06:00Yes, John, it does still ring true in our times. T...Yes, John, it does still ring true in our times. The more things change, the more they stay the same.<br /><br />Thanks for taking part in the Challenge! Bill Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01266937924453737084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-66662410717731780632017-11-14T14:41:42.282-06:002017-11-14T14:41:42.282-06:00If it is my great-grandfather, I think it qualifie...If it is my great-grandfather, I think it qualifies as my oldest family photograph. <br /><br />Pre-dating by 10 years, this photograph of his children<br />http://blog.transylvaniandutch.com/2010/01/wordful-wednesday-van-every-children.htmlJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779409214968505642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-8030485534038030842017-11-14T13:25:41.630-06:002017-11-14T13:25:41.630-06:00Thanks. The cousin isn't certain who wrote the...Thanks. The cousin isn't certain who wrote the identification on the back of his photograph. He assumes it was his grandmother, which would generally be a good identification since she was my great grandfather's niece. But he isn't certain.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779409214968505642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-51080547294203123622017-11-14T13:14:13.370-06:002017-11-14T13:14:13.370-06:00John, as I look at these three photos I see the sa...John, as I look at these three photos I see the same man in different times of his life. So often when I look at photos that are definitively identified as the same person over time, I notice that faces and bodies often get fuller as people age. The similarities between one and two are striking: hairline -- even the way the hair falls to the man's right, ears, nose, mouth, fullness on the lower face behind and under the mouth, and shoulders that slant slightly. In photo 3 I see all of those, but in a more aged version. But I would probably be like you and want something more than a distant cousin's word for it. I hope you'll find more photos, perhaps with a name on the back.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-118807098160227402017-06-03T22:49:40.337-05:002017-06-03T22:49:40.337-05:00My maternal grandfather's family immigrated in...My maternal grandfather's family immigrated in 1913. The other families between 1880s and 1900.<br /><br />I didn't include my Newmark ancestors who immigrated first from Warka, Poland to London in 1893 and then to St Louis in 1909.<br /><br />My paternal grandfather's brother also didn't return.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779409214968505642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-23252934380956784042017-06-03T21:09:03.847-05:002017-06-03T21:09:03.847-05:00What was the time frame for their moves from Europ...What was the time frame for their moves from Europe to the US? Do you know what prompted their move to the US?<br /><br />I ask because I just recently read a memoir of a family that escaped Hungary during the revolution that happened a little better than a decade after the Holocaust. The woman in the story lost her entire family at Auschwitz. That part of the story was very sad, but she, her husband, and their children had a happy ending. It was a great book.<br /><br />I am glad that your grandfathers returned from the war, too. One of my great-grandfathers and his brother were in WWI. My great-grandpa came back alive. Unfortunately, his brother did not. I've read through the old newspapers published during that time frame and I can't leave without a tear, so many died and so many missing in action. Those were hard times all around.<br /><br />Have a blessed evening.Suzanne McClendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15563562309945754772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-54128354882052007102017-06-02T14:29:23.531-05:002017-06-02T14:29:23.531-05:00That's an image of the toolbar, not the toolba...That's an image of the toolbar, not the toolbar itself. You'll find the button to activate the toolbar in my blog's left column.<br /><br />I've rewritten the text to make this more clear.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779409214968505642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-13135435434909294172017-06-02T14:06:26.485-05:002017-06-02T14:06:26.485-05:00John, it doesn't work for me using Win 7 and C...John, it doesn't work for me using Win 7 and Chrome. When I click one of the buttons I get a black screen with the app on it and clicking again nothing happens.Randy Seaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-27304700131326962072017-04-20T21:57:40.973-05:002017-04-20T21:57:40.973-05:00Thanks!Thanks!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779409214968505642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-40753144496046441912017-04-20T21:19:11.748-05:002017-04-20T21:19:11.748-05:00Congratulations! Wow! 10 years of blogging! That&#...Congratulations! Wow! 10 years of blogging! That's quite an accomplishment to be proud of. And congrats on all of your discoveries too!Jana Iverson Lasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687969613629975601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-90674772031292753792017-04-20T11:38:48.629-05:002017-04-20T11:38:48.629-05:00Congratulations on 10 years of blogging. You'v...Congratulations on 10 years of blogging. You've made some terrific discoveries along the way.Linda Stufflebeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652044674485948749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-83385420866581937752017-03-07T09:50:41.389-06:002017-03-07T09:50:41.389-06:00Happy Anniversaires to all your events!Happy Anniversaires to all your events!Mary Rohrer Dexterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130749558811827084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974069331194878127.post-29076157216880728332016-12-30T13:32:13.393-06:002016-12-30T13:32:13.393-06:00George Washington also legally adopted two grandch...George Washington also legally adopted two grandchildren of his wife from her first marriage.<br />Those adopted children had children.<br /><br />One of his legal descendants married Robert E Lee, and I believe there are descendants of that marriage living today.<br /><br />So, legally, George Washington has descendants. Not genetic descendants, but descendants.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779409214968505642noreply@blogger.com