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Remembering Our Ancestors: Johann Gerhard Büker

By Anne on February 28, 2020February 27, 2020

This week 206 years ago, our 3rd (and 4th) great-grandfather Bücker passed away.

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Remembering Our Ancestors: Johanna Agnes Clemens

By Anne on January 17, 2020January 16, 2020

Last Monday 68 years ago, our (2nd) great-grandmother Johanna von Hinten passed away in Minden, Germany.

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Remembering Our Ancestors: Anna von Hinten

By Anne on November 1, 2019November 1, 2019

It would have been our (great-)grandmother 105th birthday this week.

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Remembering Our Ancestors: Ilsa Bergner

By Anne on September 20, 2019September 19, 2019

What a fitting last name for someone who lived her whole life in the coal-miner town of Clausthal in the Harz mountains.

Posted in: Bergbau, Claushal, Coal Miners, Family History, Genealogy, German history, Germany, Harz Mountains, Oberharz, von Hinten family

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Remembering Our Ancestors: Father and Daughter Hotmaker

By Anne on May 10, 2019May 7, 2019

There are always little oddities to discover when you research your family history. This post is about one such oddity,

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