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Happy 100th, Grandmom! 11 Apr 2013 | 03:00 pm
If my grandmother Margaret Pointkouski was still alive, today would be her 100th birthday. This post is in her honor: Just the Facts: Parents: Joseph Bergmeister (1873-1927) and Marie Echerer (1875-...
Where I’m From 7 Apr 2013 | 05:25 am
Back in July 2011, Randy Seaver posted a “Saturday Night Genealogy Fun” (SNGF) challenge to create a “Where I’m From” poem using the template at this site. I started a post then but never completed it...
So Many Ideas, So Little Time 24 Mar 2013 | 05:29 am
Well, it’s been a long break here since my last post. I’d love to say it’s because I’ve been off having some fascinating adventures, but… not really. As luck would have it (or lack of luck), I’ve neve...
On the Red Carpet…the 2012 iGENE Awards 23 Feb 2013 | 11:42 pm
Each year the (nonexistent) Academy of Genealogy and Family History (AGFH) offers genealogy bloggers the opportunity to celebrate the “best of the best” – our best blog posts for the previous year. In...
Surname Saturday: BERGMEISTER 26 Jan 2013 | 11:33 pm
Surname - BERGMEISTER Meaning/Origin – The Bergmeister surname is not listed in the Dictionary of German Names, Second Edition by Hans Bahlow, which is the reference book I usually use for my German s...
Five Years 5 Jan 2013 | 09:37 pm
Tomorrow is the 5th blogiversary of What’s Past is Prologue! If blog years are anything like dog years, that’s a really long time. I’m humbled every year that I’ve managed to entertain, inform, and he...
2012: A Look Back 1 Jan 2013 | 03:08 am
Another year has come and gone! That means it’s time for my annual look in the rear view mirror before I look forward to all that 2013 has to offer. In some ways, this was a tough year for my friends,...
Top 12 Reasons I Didn’t Meet All of My 12 Genealogy Goals for 2012 24 Dec 2012 | 12:02 am
Well, it’s that time of year again…with just eight days to go in 2012 we genealogy bloggers sometimes brag write about what a great job we did in meeting our goals for the year. Then we usually come u...
Sepia Saturday: Where’s the Mistletoe? 16 Dec 2012 | 02:41 am
This week’s Sepia Saturday has a kissing theme, and I have just the photo in my collection: I don’t see any mistletoe in the photograph, but it was Christmas day! My parents were not married yet – tha...
12 Things I Learned This Year 13 Dec 2012 | 05:01 am
Since today is December 12, 2012 — and I haven’t posted for a while — here are twelve things, genealogical and otherwise, that I have learned in this past year. 1. I learned what happened to my grandm...
