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    How to Spot the Dot
    Stefan Israel
    • Jun 15, 2021
    • 4 min

    How to Spot the Dot

    What language belongs to those accents?
    406 views1 comment
    Why Couldn’t My Ancestor Spell Their Name the Same?
    Stefan Israel
    • Jan 28, 2021
    • 4 min

    Why Couldn’t My Ancestor Spell Their Name the Same?

    You’re tracing your family back, and the spellings sometimes just go crazy.
    451 views3 comments
    Kaffeeklatsch
    Stefan Israel
    • Jun 24, 2020
    • 2 min

    Kaffeeklatsch

    Kaffeeklatsch, a very gemütlich, cozy gathering. It translates as ‘coffee chit-chat’
    264 views0 comments
    DUTCH, not DEUTSCH: English, Dutch and German
    Stefan Israel
    • Apr 13, 2020
    • 3 min

    DUTCH, not DEUTSCH: English, Dutch and German

    English, Dutch and German are all related languages - the languages diverged - you can see it in how the same original words now differ.-
    1,023 views0 comments
    Understanding -Sen and -Son in a Name: Johnson, Janson and Jansen
    Stefan Israel
    • Mar 2, 2020
    • 4 min

    Understanding -Sen and -Son in a Name: Johnson, Janson and Jansen

    Why do some family names end in -son and some in -sen?
    5,544 views0 comments
    Dutch and Deutsch:  so similar, so dissimilar
    Stefan Israel
    • Feb 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    Dutch and Deutsch: so similar, so dissimilar

    We’d talked about how much the German dialects vary, looking at dialect forms of the Lord’s Prayer. Let’s compare High German and Dutch.
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    AUGH! From German to English
    Stefan Israel
    • Jan 29, 2020
    • 2 min

    AUGH! From German to English

    AUGH! It’s not just a cry of distress, it’s an anglicization. Why do we see lots of names ending in -augh? Baugh, Grumbaugh, Brumbaugh?
    397 views0 comments
    1960 Christmas Card Mystery
    Pamela Israel
    • Dec 13, 2019
    • 3 min

    1960 Christmas Card Mystery

    Why were there piles of Christmas cards from 1960 sent from around the world to a young girl in Virginia?
    131 views0 comments
    Washing & Sewing: A Diary & Tins
    Pamela Israel
    • Sep 19, 2019
    • 3 min

    Washing & Sewing: A Diary & Tins

    Sewing, in addition to laundry, used to be a responsibility that almost every woman had. And yet it can be tough to get insights into this p
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    Dutchland? Germany?
    Stefan Israel
    • Aug 5, 2019
    • 3 min

    Dutchland? Germany?

    The tribes that coalesced into Germans spoke 'the people’s/ popular language’ as opposed to Latin
    3,708 views0 comments
    H-   huh? Making Sense of German
    Stefan Israel
    • May 8, 2019
    • 3 min

    H- huh? Making Sense of German

    German and English both mostly use h the same, as that puff of air at the start of a word: hello/hallo, here/hier, horn But what’s that h do
    360 views0 comments
    Tips for Finding the Day of the Week
    Pamela Israel
    • May 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    Tips for Finding the Day of the Week

    Just a head's up for those looking up dates further back (generally prior or 1752) or from some other countries cultures: People used di
    117 views0 comments
    Postcard Clues 100 Years On - Clues to Olof !
    Pamela Israel
    • Apr 18, 2019
    • 2 min

    Postcard Clues 100 Years On - Clues to Olof !

    It's amazing how curious you can get about people in no way related to you. I've written before about Olof Harrison, a Swede who mov
    48 views0 comments
    German Wedding Invitation Details
    Pamela Israel
    • Apr 5, 2019
    • 2 min

    German Wedding Invitation Details

    Our family has a photo of the framed wedding invitation of my 2nd great aunt and uncle. It's a charmingly simple one. When I first came
    186 views0 comments
    We're from Germany but Where?
    Stefan Israel
    • Mar 14, 2019
    • 4 min

    We're from Germany but Where?

    When you’re tracing an ancestor to Central Europe from a century or more ago, you need to find out which state they were from. Here are some
    652 views0 comments
    Postcard Pals - Old Swedish Cards in Translation
    Pamela Israel
    • Mar 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    Postcard Pals - Old Swedish Cards in Translation

    A series of correspondence to and ​​from the same people opens up a whole new understanding about them. Old Swedish postcards from greater
    87 views0 comments
    From Genf to Geneva and other Translations
    Pamela Israel
    • Feb 11, 2019
    • 2 min

    From Genf to Geneva and other Translations

    When learning about ancestors who immigrated to the US decades or centuries ago, you get a double challenge. Not only is there the translati
    468 views0 comments
    Joyous German Visit Home: 1925
    Pamela Israel
    • Jan 22, 2019
    • 1 min

    Joyous German Visit Home: 1925

    Eliese Trede, my mother's grandmother, immigrated in 1908, leaving her loving parents on a journey across the Atlantic. This is her 1925
    28 views0 comments
    Beloved Son, Hurry! 1843 Letter
    Pamela Israel
    • Jan 21, 2019
    • 2 min

    Beloved Son, Hurry! 1843 Letter

    This is an 1843 letter from my 3rd great grandfather, to his son telling him to hurry home from the army before his mother dies. We have a l
    61 views0 comments
    Handwritten Letters & a Postcard
    Pamela Israel
    • Jan 18, 2019
    • 1 min

    Handwritten Letters & a Postcard

    Day 2 to highlight the Art of Handwriting and your Family through January 23rd, National Handwriting Day. Share a favorite family hand-writt
    52 views0 comments
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