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A Better Idea Of Where 3 Jul 2013 | 03:11 am
Here is a map of the area just south of Darmstadt where much of the German tree comes from. I used our newly found ancestor, Johann Peter Oesterling, to make a pinpont – which the map did automagicall...
The Mystery Has Been Solved, I Think! 2 Jul 2013 | 11:12 pm
Oh John Oesterling, you man of mystery. The puzzle of your origins may have been solved. The only thing we knew about the Oesterling origins was that John, Peter, and Leonhard’s parents last names wer...
Adam Oesterling 12 Jul 2012 | 11:46 pm
July 12, 1837 – December 28, 1912 Note: I found the following posted publicly on ancestry.com which is why I’m putting quote marks around it. I think it may have been taken originally from the Oesterl...
Elizabeth Forcht Oesterling 19 Apr 2012 | 03:42 am
April 18, 1842 – May 6, 1895 For awhile I thought that Elizabeth Forcht might be a brick wall in our tree as the Oesterlings seemed to focus on connecting to their namesakes and not so much on the peo...
National Tartan Day (American) 7 Apr 2012 | 06:12 am
Something new for us to celebrate! Americans of Scottish descent have played a vibrant and influential role in the development of the United States. From the framers of the Declaration of Independence...
The Oesterling Number 29 Feb 2012 | 11:58 am
Everyone in the Oesterling clan has a number. I always thought it was a weird German thing, that we quickly know our place in the family by the number we held. I’m sure this system came about because ...
In My Dreams And Chance Meetings 28 Feb 2012 | 07:06 pm
My dreams have always been important to me. I live and work and play as much in dreamland as I do in waking life. In my dreams I make discoveries, solve my problems and create my projects. I dream in ...
The Ralston Tartan 11 Dec 2011 | 08:16 am
Someone on twitter was talking about kilts today and I remembered something this morning that I can only call one of my hmmmm moments. While researching family and finding our Scottish ancestors, I al...
Another Year 4 Dec 2011 | 11:10 am
Over the years, Grandma Kradel would bemoan the fact that there was less and less time between Christmases. As she finally finished packing up after last year, it became time to unpack for the next. I...
Herman Op den Graeff: 1585 – 1642 27 Nov 2011 | 03:33 am
November 26, 1585 – December 27, 1642 The Op den Graeff family – a name that in historical records can be seen as being spelled Opdegraf, Updegrave, Updegrove – is an old Dutch Mennonite family from C...
