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OGS 2026 Workshop Day: A Powerful Reminder to Think First
The Ohio Genealogical Society 2026 Conference opened today at the Sharonville Convention Center, and I am already glad I planned ahead. OGS 2026 is my only in-person conference…
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40 Years: A Lifelong Genealogist in Disguise
This week’s #52Ancestors prompt asks me to write about an ancestor’s livelihood. I am writing about my own instead. Somewhere along the way, I realized I had been…
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He Stayed: One Man’s Quiet Life in Sweden
Not every ancestor chased adventure. Some stayed. Sven Svensson lived a quiet life in rural Sweden for ninety-two years, and without it, none of the dramatic stories in…
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A Box, Two Extracts, One Unexpected Discovery
I inherited a box of family papers from my uncle, Eva Marcisak Dubinsky’s son, and set it aside for two years. In early April 2026, I finally went…
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A Brick Wall Revisited: Ten Hours, Seven Suspects, One Direction
The mystery of Clifford Max’s father has been one of my most stubborn brick wall revisited genealogy cases for years. Clifford was born June 18, 1929, to Myrtle…
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The Family Pattern I Didn’t See Until Now
The theme for Week 13 of the #52Ancestors challenge is “A Family Pattern.” I have been turning that phrase over since I first read it. Naming patterns are…
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