Tombstone Tuesday – John Herscher

John Herscher was born in Vogelgrun, Alsace France on 24 May, 1842.  John and his mother, Catherine, arrived in the US (as well as 2 of his 3 siblings) around 1852. One brother, Frederick,  came 2 years later.  Interestingly, John’s father and step-father were both named Andreas Herrscher (which made for interesting research puzzles!) John [...]

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Discovering New Information with Excel

About 2 years ago, I was thrilled, but overwhelmed with the information available in a book I had ordered online.  It was published by the local historical society and it contained an abstract of all of the church records available at the church founded by my husband’s ancestors in Kankakee County, Illinois.  Before purchasing the [...]

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