After watching Genealogy Roadshow on PBS last night I couldn’t help but think about the differences in family history and when our ancestors came to this great land. All my family lines were here before the Revolutionary War. I have no ancestors who came during the waves of […]
1910 Census – Johnson County, Iowa Today I have pulled this census sheet to share with you some interesting facts to look for in any census record. Ritchey’s grandmother, great-grandfather and great-great-grandmother are listed on this sheet. The census was taken April 15, 1910, in Solon, Johnson County, […]
Note by Phyllis Brown: Rose Leuenberger Hertz was Ritchey’s great-grandmother. We found her grave, her marriage certificate and her life story just five years ago! He didn’t know she existed before that, just that his grandmother (her daughter Esther) was a Hertz! Rose was the daughter of Jacob […]
Jolly – Hertz – Leuenberger Oakland Cemetery in Solon, Iowa, is the final resting place for Ritchey’s paternal grandmother and her ancestors. In a previous blog about the George Hertz family there are photos for the gravestones of George Hertz, his first wife Rosa Leuenberger, second wife Ethel […]
Note by Phyllis Brown: This is another entry from a history of one of the counties of Missouri. It is fascinating that such lovely articles were written about the normal, ordinary citizens of the county. George Hertz is my husband’s great-grandfather. It was on our 2006 […]
Isaiah and Lydia Ross Hill
1929 Wedding
Revolutionary War heroes and families.
Ritchey's Paternal Grandmother
George and Caroline's Wedding Day
Klein Sod House