Friday, February 14, 2020

A Love Story that Lives On

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     Bill Knutz and Lillian Christensen knew each other nearly their whole lives.  As children, their parents' farms were located a...
Sunday, May 5, 2019

Using Shutterfly to Preserve Your Family's Stories

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One evening, I got an email from a friend suggesting I check out a free 8x8 hardcover book Shutterfly was offering.  It was a game changer a...
Thursday, April 4, 2019

Lillian and Marie

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There's few better blessings than a long-term friendship.  From at least 1916, Lillian Christensen and Marie Morse were friends, with th...
Sunday, February 10, 2019

Katrina, I'll find you if it takes me the rest of my life. And it might.

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 Subtitled: Emilie saves the day Jens and Katrina Jensen and their children lived in Council Bluffs, Iowa after immigrating from Denmark. ...
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Friday, February 1, 2019

Who is on Card #143?

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Tonight seemed like a good night to fill in the South Dakota State Census information for my grandmother's family of origin.  The state ...
Sunday, January 27, 2019

Where in the World are Jens and Katrina Jensen?

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The Christensen sisters, Laura and Katrina, are proving to be some of the biggest challenges I've had as a family historian.  After week...
Wednesday, January 23, 2019

The "Bob WeHadABabyItsABoy" Method for Family History

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This family history stuff is going to send me to the poorhouse. Remember "Person-to-Person" phone calls?  For you youngsters who...