Andrew Dabelstein family – Tombstone Tuesday

After my family research trip to Chicago this week-end, I have most of the blanks in the Andrew Dabelstein group sheet filled in. I need 1 date of death for a son and confirmation of the marriage guess that I have made (and the parents of Andrew or his wife, Alvina Carsten).  A combination of church records on microfilm from [...]

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Dabelstein Name Study – Chicago

I’ve been doing research on my husband’s Dabelstein line as I prepare to go to Chicago to the Newberry Library and Concordia Cemetery.  Wilhelmina Dabelstein was my husband’s great-grandmother.  I know that she grew up in Chicago and I know her father was Andrew Dabelstein.  I have the family group sheet filled out pretty completely [...]

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Madness Monday – Hans Dabelstein

I have a LOT of family group sheets.  But until about a year ago, I had never seen family group sheets with footnotes!  What a wonderful idea!  I’m always wondering where a certain piece of information came from, but I don’t always have my software with me.  So I’ve been working diligently to update my [...]

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