Louisa Louise Cooke in her Genealogy Gems Podcast said all genealogists should have a blog. So here is my first attempt at a blog - proving that perhaps you can teach an old dog new tricks.
But if somehow I can get information out there (wherever there is) about my family that might lead to someone helping me with my brick walls, then this time will be well spent.
I first started on my genealogy shortly after my wonderful husband Rick and I were married over 37 years ago. My dear mother-in-law let me know I should not wait until I was old and retired to begin working on my genealogy and I am so thankful I took her advice - since I am now old and still not retired.
My maiden name is Lorange - not very common - but I have been surprised at how many times I come across that name with the advent of computers and the internet. In some of the very little actual research (as opposed to name gathering) that I have done, I discovered that my great-grandfather was born in Sweden in 1886 as an ANDERSON and married in 1907 as a LORANGE along with several first name changes. "Name on birth record is John Axel Waldemar; on 1900 census name is Axzel J. ANDERSON; name at marriage (1907) was John A. LORANGE; name on death cert (1964) was Edward Axel LORANGE"
But if somehow I can get information out there (wherever there is) about my family that might lead to someone helping me with my brick walls, then this time will be well spent.
I first started on my genealogy shortly after my wonderful husband Rick and I were married over 37 years ago. My dear mother-in-law let me know I should not wait until I was old and retired to begin working on my genealogy and I am so thankful I took her advice - since I am now old and still not retired.
My maiden name is Lorange - not very common - but I have been surprised at how many times I come across that name with the advent of computers and the internet. In some of the very little actual research (as opposed to name gathering) that I have done, I discovered that my great-grandfather was born in Sweden in 1886 as an ANDERSON and married in 1907 as a LORANGE along with several first name changes. "Name on birth record is John Axel Waldemar; on 1900 census name is Axzel J. ANDERSON; name at marriage (1907) was John A. LORANGE; name on death cert (1964) was Edward Axel LORANGE"
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