A Smörgåsbord of Stories
When David and Kayla got married on November 19, 2022, I started a November Nuptials tradition with my blog writing. That first year, I wrote about Lottie and Milton Rector. Last year, I wrote about Carrie and Ed Hesse. This year, I highlight the marriage … read more
The Boat Store in Minneiska, Minnesota did not sell boats; it was a grocery and a meat market located on the bank of the Mississippi River. J.C. Gentzkow and unidentified man, 1913 J.C., Rodney and Mary Gentzkow, undated Boat Store in the … read more
When we say that something is written in stone, we mean that it cannot be changed, it is permanent and is absolute. Does this phrase possibly come from our knowledge of the Biblical Commandments or maybe the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi? Today, family historians consider … read more
This blog post is the third and final week examining the births, baptisms and beginnings of the three American Gentzkow brothers. Their parents, Julius August Emil “George Edward” von Gentzkow (1826-1904) and Sophia Schultz (1830-1897) settled in Minneiska, Minnesota in the mid 1860s. When we have … read more
In American Gentzkow family history, we divide ourselves into three clusters: The George Group: descendants of George Gentzkow (1854-1939) and his wife Christina Kohler (1856-1918) The Julius Group: descendants of J.C. Gentzkow (1856-1932) and his wife Matilda Dittrich (186x-1908) The William Group: descendants of Bill … read more
For 35 years, I sought to discover Gentzkow family history. Because it is a very unusual name, it is simple to lookup. I used to say that every Gentzkow in any phone book was one of my cousins. With Internet searching, cousins were found in … read more
In February of 2020, I took an online class during RootsTech (an international genealogical conference sponsored by the people at FamilySearch). During this class, students were encouraged to share their genealogical findings through the medium of short videos. We were taught how to mash up … read more