{"id":6,"date":"2016-10-10T23:27:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T23:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-04-09T21:08:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:08:33","slug":"on-the-road-again","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/?page_id=6","title":{"rendered":"On The Road Again&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"883\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-2.png 883w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-2-300x268.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-2-768x685.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">View of the Parthenon from the Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece 25 March 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1.png 568w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1-224x300.png 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 85vw, 568px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My husband&#8217;s 1st visit to the FamilySearch Library 3\/4\/26<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1-1200x1600.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-1-scaled.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Harrison&#8217;s Home Tour, 12 Sep 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-4.png 570w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-4-300x295.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 85vw, 570px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Family and Friends at the International German Genealogy Partnership Conference in Columbus, Ohio, 14 June 2025. L-R &#8220;cousins&#8221; Mr. &amp; Desiree Muheim, 6th cousin Gerhard Hoh with Rita, Lori, cousin Renee Kettering, presenter Debra Hoffman, &#8220;cousin&#8221; Margie with husband Bob Greiner behind. Gerhard is related to all the &#8220;cousins.&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2.png 520w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2-202x300.png 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 85vw, 520px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lori with Mark West, SAR, NGS Conference, Louisville, 24 May before my presentation on Dark Waters of the Ohio: Unveiling the Lives of River Pirates<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-3-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-3-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-3-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-3-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-3-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-3-1200x1600.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-3-scaled.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>My husband with his 6th cousin on the Samuel and Lisa Torsendotter Erickson line, meeting for the first time at the NGS Conference. You can&#8217;t beat this type of connection through Zoom!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-4.png 591w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-4-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-4-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 85vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Researching at the Filson Historical Society, Louisville 23 May<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-28.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-28.png 530w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-28-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 85vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Looking over Roman Catholic church records from the 1500s!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"555\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-27.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-27.png 555w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-27-247x300.png 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 85vw, 555px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>St. Wendel archivist Roland Geiger who gave us a behind the scene tour.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"548\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-26.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-26.png 548w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-26-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 85vw, 548px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ulmet &#8211; former village of my Drumm family who emigrated to the US in the early 1700s.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"539\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-25.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-25.png 539w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-25-257x300.png 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 85vw, 539px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Another 6th Bollenbacher cousin!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-24.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-24.png 428w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-24-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-24-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 85vw, 428px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In a small village, this &#8220;filing&#8221; cabinet was built in the late 1600s to archive the town records. It resides in the home of the ancestor of the first mayor. In case of emergency, 8 local men are assigned to come and transport the drawers (they separate in rows) to safety. This was a safeguard as all records were lost during the 30 year war.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"532\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-23.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-23.png 532w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-23-300x244.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 85vw, 532px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Gerhard, Lori, Louisa, and their mom, Lori&#8217;s 5th and 6th Kettering cousins.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"536\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-22.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-22.png 536w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-22-257x300.png 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 85vw, 536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lori and Alessandra-Brigitte, Lori&#8217;s newly found 6th Bollenbacher cousin. We met at a genealogy conference (of course!) in a castle in Germany.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"556\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-21.png 556w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-21-289x300.png 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 85vw, 556px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Theo Pfleeger and Lori looking at their family tree &#8211; he&#8217;s a 6th Bollenbacher cousin.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"531\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-20.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-20.png 531w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-20-251x300.png 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 85vw, 531px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>And there are still Leiningers in the town who weren&#8217;t home when we visited.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-19.png 540w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-19-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 85vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Examining the record collection in the Mietesheim, France Mayor&#8217;s office. I learned that Leininger in French is Linange.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"561\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-18.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-18.png 561w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-18-256x300.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 85vw, 561px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Uttenhoffen, France where my third great grandmother, Marie Margueritte Gasse was born.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-17.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-17.png 578w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-17-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 85vw, 578px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Had no idea my paternal side was also involved in winemaking! Thought it was just my maternal line.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-16.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-16.png 530w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-16-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 85vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Atop the Leiningen Castle, Germany October 2024. The castle of my dreams.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"611\" height=\"794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-29.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3173\" style=\"width:630px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-29.png 611w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-29-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 611px) 85vw, 611px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Boston &#8211; September 2024 where I presented at the 36th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences. I learned the week before that the DAR had accepted my application so with the 250th Anniversary of the Revolution beginning this was an appropriate trip.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-15.png 648w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-15-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 85vw, 648px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Oxford University where many our ancestors attended.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"515\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-14.png 515w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-14-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 85vw, 515px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What&#8217;s a vacation without squeezing in a little research at the local library in Stratford on Avon?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-13.png 578w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-13-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 85vw, 578px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>With Cousin Will at his house &#8211; Stratford-On-Avon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-12.png 595w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-12-283x300.png 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 85vw, 595px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Nothing like a ghostly dinner in the most haunted city in the world &#8211; York.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-11.png 587w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-11-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 85vw, 587px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Met Mr. Bains, proprietor of a candy shoppe in Edinburgh but we couldn&#8217;t determine how we were related as he didn&#8217;t do genealogy. Sigh.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-10.png 723w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-10-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 85vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Spent our anniversary at Gretna Green &#8211; Nope, we didn&#8217;t renew our vows as the location no longer allows that.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"515\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-9.png 515w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-9-250x300.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 85vw, 515px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cheshire, England Town Hall &#8211; Thinking of my 9th great grandfather Francis Hollingshead who once served as the collector of hearth taxes here.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"623\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-7.png 511w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-7-246x300.png 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 85vw, 511px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cemetery in a monastery outside Dublin where my husband met his 3rd cousin on the O&#8217;Brien line &#8211; a tour guide. It&#8217;s good luck to be able to reach around and touch your fingers together!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"501\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-5.png 501w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-5-222x300.png 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 85vw, 501px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Former monastery where my husband and my ancestor Brian Boru went to college.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"517\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-4.png 517w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-4-230x300.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 85vw, 517px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Kissing the Blarney Stone in Limerick, Ireland where my husband&#8217;s O&#8217;Briens&#8217; emigrated from.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"493\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-3.png 493w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-3-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 85vw, 493px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Wales where ancestor Roger de Montgomery once lived.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"462\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-2-272x300.png 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 85vw, 462px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Where&#8217;s a Tardis when you need one?!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1.png 540w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 85vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tower Bridge, London, August 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"459\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IHS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IHS.jpg 459w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IHS-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 85vw, 459px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Indiana Historical Society Behind the Scenes 21 June 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Gerhard.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Gerhard.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Gerhard-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 85vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sometimes the road comes to you! Cousin Gerhard Hoh visits on 22 May 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-23.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-23.png 567w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-23-300x243.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 85vw, 567px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Newberry Library staff allowed me to look in their holdings for my Kos family in Pullman records. Not surprisingly, they weren&#8217;t found but I could play match up with records I found for other Koss&#8217; with records at South Suburban. Nice project for some local genealogist to do! 9 May 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-22.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-22.png 617w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-22-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 85vw, 617px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The archivist was not available at the Swedish Heritage museum and staff couldn&#8217;t answer my immigration questions so follow up was needed. Disappointed at the Irish Heritage Center as only the secretary was available and couldn&#8217;t leave the office to allow me to tour the exhibit. On to the Washington Public Library where I spent the afternoon researching Pullman Company.  8 May 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-21.png 457w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-21-223x300.png 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 85vw, 457px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Spent the day touring the museum and researching the archive at the Chicago History Museum. Loved the movie &#8211; made me cry! Then on to Graceland Cemetery to check on my husband&#8217;s 3rd great grandparents&#8217; stone. Looks like someone tried to fix it since I enquired last winter. Still waiting for the company to schedule an estimate for repair. 7 May 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"453\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-20.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-20.png 453w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-20-261x300.png 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 85vw, 453px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I LOVE old books but this was much more than I expected &#8211; it held the key to my Koss families whereabouts in Pullman, Illinois. Thanks Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society staff for their help 6 May 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-18.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-18.png 614w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-18-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 85vw, 614px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cemetery Stomping in Hillsdale, Cook, Illinois 6 May 2024 &#8211; No wonder there was no memorial on Findagrave! There was no stone for John and Mary Molly O&#8217;Brien Cooke in Mt. Carmel Cemetery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"634\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-17.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-17.png 634w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-17-265x300.png 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 85vw, 634px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bye Bye Sweden, Hello Copenhagen 26 April 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-16.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-16.png 769w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-16-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 85vw, 769px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wearing the bridal crown that Jim&#8217;s 4th great grandmother likely wore, it dates from the middle ages. Yeah, I&#8217;m in tears. 26 April 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"846\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-15.png 846w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-15-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-15-768x548.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Clearly, you need to tithe at Freyele kyrka where Sophia &#8220;Stina&#8221; Gudmundsdotter (1807-?), immigrant, was baptised and Gudmund and Judith Svensson were married. 26 April 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"644\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2938\" style=\"width:630px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-14.png 644w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-14-300x233.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 85vw, 644px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">We had a little wait to get to see the house as the moose had claimed it&#8217;s territory in Mj\u00f6hult; home of Sven Andersson (1735-1797)and Judith Gudmundsdotter (1748-1793).  26 April 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"643\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2937\" style=\"width:630px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-13.png 643w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-13-292x300.png 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 85vw, 643px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hemmershult Mill where Gudmund Svensson (1767-1814) and Judith Nilsdotter (1779-?)  lived and worked. 26 April 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"393\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-12.png 393w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-12-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 85vw, 393px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fika with Friends, Granna, Left F-B, Jim, Mangus, Kris, Right F-B, Patrick, Annika, Lori, 25 April 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-11.png 432w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-11-223x300.png 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 85vw, 432px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My Favorite Baptismal Font! Circa 1000, it blends Viking Paganism with Roman Catholicism. See the Viking men at the bottom and the rope at the top &#8211; symbols to guard the infant against evil , Vireda kyrka where CG Johannesson, Johannes Israelsson, and Stina Persdotter were baptised, 25 April 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-10.png 697w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-10-300x232.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 85vw, 697px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Home of Inge B\u00f6rjesson, wife Margareta Eriksdotter and birthplace of Daniel Persson, Maria Jonsdotter, Johanna Danielsdotter, and Anders LG Johannesson (immigrant), Kj\u00f6lam\u00e4len. Stephanie, the current owner from Hamburg, Germany, kindly let us walk around. 24 April 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-9.png 728w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-9-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 85vw, 728px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Current residents of the home of Birger Ingesson  (1715-1795) and Maria Borjesdotter (1722-1778).  Birger and their son, Inge, born in the home, served in Swedish Parliament representing the farmers. 24 April 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"711\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-8.png 711w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-8-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 85vw, 711px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bo Beckman and Jim Samuelson in front of the home Bo rents which was where Amund Jonsson (1673-1741) and Anna Nilsdotter (1672-1743) raised their family. Bo had written extensively about Amund and his son, Amund, Sj\u00f6hester, 24 April 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-7.png 716w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-7-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 85vw, 716px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Birthplace and childhood home of Maja Olofsdotter (1736-1826), Sonarp, Sweden, 23 April 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"856\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-6.png 856w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-6-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-6-768x563.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Poorhouse. Men stayed on one side and women on the other. 23 April 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"753\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-5.png 753w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-5-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 753px) 85vw, 753px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Torp kyrka &#8211; A genealogy clue on the wall &#8211; the names of past pastors. 23 April 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-4.png 762w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-4-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 85vw, 762px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Barn where Anna Lisa Torstendotter worked as a milk maid, Stora Haddebo Estate, 22 April 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-3.png 758w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-3-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 85vw, 758px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Childhood home of Samuel Ericksson (1810-1890) 24 April 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"759\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2925\" style=\"width:630px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-2.png 759w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-2-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 759px) 85vw, 759px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">V\u00e4stra Harg kyrka in front of the bridal bench where Erick Samuelsson and Catharina Nilsdotter likely wed 24 April 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"405\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1.png 405w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-1-228x300.png 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 85vw, 405px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stockholm, Sweden rune protected by a cannon because, why not?! 23 April 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image.png 428w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-235x300.png 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 85vw, 428px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sigtuna, Sweden Rune 22 April 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"467\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IGS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IGS.jpg 467w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IGS-300x289.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 85vw, 467px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Presenting at the Indiana Genealogical Society Conference at Allen County Pubic Library, 20 April 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Waterloo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Waterloo.jpg 466w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Waterloo-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 85vw, 466px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Waterloo, DeKalb, Indiana Cemetery Plaque Dedication 6 April 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"557\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Toronto.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Toronto.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Toronto-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 85vw, 557px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Toronto, Canada 11 March 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"779\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-51-779x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-51-779x1024.png 779w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-51-228x300.png 228w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-51-768x1010.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-51.png 975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 779px) 85vw, 779px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Visiting the newly renovated former Ft. Wayne, Indiana Electric Words 28 Nov 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-50-761x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-50-761x1024.png 761w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-50-223x300.png 223w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-50-768x1034.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-50.png 966w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 85vw, 761px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Induction as a governor of the Society of Indiana Pioneers, Meridian Hills Country Club, Indy 4 Nov 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-49-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-49-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-49-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-49.png 975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nothing like a fall train ride in a historic rail car from Pleasant Lake, Indiana to Hillsdale, Michigan on 8 Oct 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"773\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-48-773x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-48-773x1024.png 773w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-48-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-48-768x1017.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-48.png 789w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 773px) 85vw, 773px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DeKalb County Fair parade 30 Sep 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-47.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-47.png 731w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-47-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 85vw, 731px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My mom would have loved to have seen the notice that I was presenting a genealogy lecture. It was hanging by the checkout desk of my first library in Hobart, Indiana where I used to go to story time. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-46.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-46.png 731w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-46-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 85vw, 731px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Yes, this road in Porter County, Indiana was named after my husbands second great grandfather, Samuel August Samuelson. 27 Sep 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-45.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-45.png 731w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-45-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 85vw, 731px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Researching at the Indiana University Northwest Library &#8211; this was the open hearth where my husband worked in high school. 27 Sep 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-44.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-44.png 731w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-44-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 85vw, 731px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Love the sea gull on the plover sign! Sometimes you have to take a genealogy break and just look for fossils &#8211; Petoskey, Michigan 24 Sep 2023. We had stayed up late the previous night near Crisp Point Lighthouse in UP, MI looking for Up er rocks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-43.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-43.png 975w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-43-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-43-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">St. Michael&#8217;s Gothic Church which badly needs restoration in Madison, Indiana 21 Sep 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-42.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-42.png 975w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-42-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-42-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tea Service circa 1840 in Madison, Indiana. My husband&#8217;s family had the same set. 21 Sep 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-41-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-41-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-41-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-41.png 975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tour of Eleutherian College between Madison and Hanover. This was an all Black college in the 1800s. 21 Sep 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-40.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-40.png 731w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-40-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 85vw, 731px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Indiana State Museum, Indy, Remember collecting pins as a kid? 20 Sep 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-39.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-39.png 731w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-39-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 85vw, 731px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Giving that infamous teacher look in the Cook Village Schoolhouse, DeKalb, Indiana 19 Aug 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-38.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-38.png 731w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-38-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 85vw, 731px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">We made side trips to visit cemeteries on the way to my husband&#8217;s 50th high school reunion in Miller, Indiana in late July and in mid September when I presented at Merrillville Public Library.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-37.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-37.png 731w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-37-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 85vw, 731px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The rapids on the White River, Anderson, Indiana. My husband&#8217;s third great grandfather once had a mill on this river. 12 July 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-36.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-36.png 460w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-36-300x288.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 85vw, 460px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Exploring Bluffton, IN &#8211; The empty lot is where Dr. Charles Landfair&#8217;s home once stood. 27 June 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-35.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-35.png 975w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-35-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-35-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kessler Cemetery, Celina, Ohio Cemetery Cleanup 28 May 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-34.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-34.png 731w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-34-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 85vw, 731px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">James Whitcomb Riley&#8217;s House &#8211; The Goblins Gonna Git You If&#8217;n You Don&#8217;t Watch Out! 20 May 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-33.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-33.png 731w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-33-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 85vw, 731px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tiffany made windows in the Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Indiana 20 May 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-32.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-32.png 731w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-32-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 85vw, 731px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gennet Piano Factory, Richmond, Indiana 20 May 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-31.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-31.png 731w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-31-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 85vw, 731px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Runaway slaves hid behind this door in a small attic at the underground railroad home of Levi Coffin outside Richmond, Indiana 20 May 2024. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-30.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-30.png 975w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-30-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-30-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Allen County, Indiana Courthouse Tour 6 May 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-27-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-27-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-27-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-27-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-27-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-27-1200x1600.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My great grandmother Anna Grdenic Kos had lost three sons before my grandmother&#8217;s birth. She went on pilgrimage to this shrine asking God to give her a healthy child. She was rewarded with her daughter, Mary, born in 1900. 15 April 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-29-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-29-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-29-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-29-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-29-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-29-2048x1536.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-29-1200x900.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In the distance were the family vineyards. The farmer who knew of the Kos family said the vines are still growing well. They were first planted here circa 1200. Jerebic, Croatia. 15 April 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-26-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2952\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;width:630px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-26-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-26-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-26-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-26-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-26-1200x1600.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Granny&#8217;s well. My maternal great grandmother spoke about the well at the farm house where she was born and where ancestors lived for centuries. She married Josip Kos and moved a few miles down the road to the city house shown below. 15 April 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-25-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-25-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-25-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-25-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-25-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-25-1200x1600.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Josip Kos home in Dubranec. My grandmother, great grandfather, and great great grandfather were born here. She talked about the kitchen garden in the front of the home. It was built by my 3rd great grandfather. 15 April 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-24-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-24-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-24-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-24-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-24-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-24-1200x1600.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Grandma Koss was right, there was a castle her ancestors defended that allowed them to be titled as pl. The dried portion was once a moat. The building was damaged during the covid earthquakes. This was a recreation on the site from the 1800s of an older castle that once was defended. 15 April 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-28-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-28-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-28-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-28-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-28-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-28-1200x1600.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An old manner house on the way to my grandparent&#8217;s village. Names on the plaques were all familiar to me having known their descendants who were friends of my grandparents. Brings the FAN Club to life! 15 April 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230414_082358-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2398\" style=\"width:633px;height:844px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230414_082358-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230414_082358-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230414_082358-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230414_082358-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230414_082358-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230414_082358-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lori outside the Croatian State Archives, 14 April 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2478901876805139245-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2478901876805139245-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2478901876805139245-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2478901876805139245.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">13 March 2023 FamilySearch Library, Salt Lake City, Utah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2022 <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"287\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Ft-Wayne.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Ft-Wayne.jpg 287w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Ft-Wayne-276x300.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 85vw, 287px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">12 June 2022 Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, Indiana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Willennar.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Willennar.jpg 628w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Willennar-300x135.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 85vw, 628px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Willennar Genealogy Center, A Part of Eckhart Public Library, Auburn, Indiana <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2020-2021 So, we all know about travel then! I spent my days besides working way too long hours at my education job dreaming of the world reopening and planning all the places I&#8217;d go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2<strong>019 &#8211; Peru:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3318-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1838\" style=\"width:207px;height:276px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3318-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3318-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3318-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3318-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3318-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3318-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roman Catholic Chapel in Tacoma<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC01981-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1839\" style=\"width:272px;height:203px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC01981-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC01981-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC01981-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC01981-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC01981-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC01981-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nasca Lines &#8211; It was a harrowing flight in a small plane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3478-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1840\" style=\"width:267px;height:199px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3478-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3478-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3478-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3478-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3478-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3478-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Isla Ballestas, the Poor Man&#8217;s Galapagos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Manchu-Pichu-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1841\" style=\"width:283px;height:211px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Manchu-Pichu-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Manchu-Pichu-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Manchu-Pichu-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Manchu-Pichu-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Manchu-Pichu-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Manchu-Pichu-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lori and husband Approaching Machu Picchu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3690-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1842\" style=\"width:256px;height:191px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3690-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3690-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3690-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3690-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3690-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3690-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Poor Llama, We were tired, too, after making the climb!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3753-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1843\" style=\"width:264px;height:197px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3753-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3753-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3753-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3753-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3753-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3753-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">We visited the day before the solar equinox.  The sun was reflecting in this pool of water that was used as a calendar.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3821-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1844\" style=\"width:278px;height:208px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3821-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3821-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3821-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3821-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3821-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3821-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cemetery in Cusco.  Do I ever travel anywhere without visiting a cemetery?! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3855-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1845\" style=\"width:310px;height:232px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3855-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3855-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3855-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3855-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3855-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3855-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cusco Market.  It&#8217;s a small world!  Those delicacies are made the way my Croatian grandmother made loditina.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3799-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1846\" style=\"width:274px;height:365px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3799-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3799-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3799-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3799-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3799-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3799-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shaman with my husband and I. We had a translator who explained the significance of items used in ritual ceremonies.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3891-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1847\" style=\"width:280px;height:209px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3891-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3891-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3891-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3891-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3891-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3891-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Saqeaywaman &#8211; Check out the &#8220;cat&#8217;s paw.&#8221;  I was missing my own so it was time to go home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>2018<\/strong> &#8211;<strong>Mexico, NGS Conference in North Carolina and Cuba:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Magical-1024x604.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Magical-1024x604.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Magical-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Magical-768x453.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Magical-1536x906.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Magical-1200x707.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Magical.jpg 1608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Isn&#8217;t this a magical photo?!  We&#8217;re exploring at the Archaeological Zone Dzibanche. All the photos show the rainbow which we didn&#8217;t see when we were there.  It was a long way down so I decided to sit and take it slow going down the uneven steps.  Forgot my phone was in my rear pocket. The phone never worked again but all my photos were saved.  Now that&#8217;s magical!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Kohnlich.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1852\" style=\"width:259px;height:314px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Kohnlich.jpg 732w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Kohnlich-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 85vw, 732px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kohunlich, Mexico<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/alta-1024x714.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1853\" style=\"width:300px;height:209px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/alta-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/alta-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/alta-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/alta-1200x837.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/alta.jpg 1279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Altun Ha, Mexico &#8211; love the red dye on the stones!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"579\" height=\"835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Alta-Hun.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1851\" style=\"width:252px;height:363px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Alta-Hun.jpg 579w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Alta-Hun-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 85vw, 579px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Husband and I on the wedding platform at San Gervasio on Cancun. We were supposed to be at Tulum but due to a terrorist threat, couldn&#8217;t leave the island. Mayans came from far away to be married on this spot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NC.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NC.jpg 587w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/NC-280x300.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 85vw, 587px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Researching in Raleigh, NC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Hemingway-Cuba-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1252\" style=\"width:279px;height:209px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Hemingway-Cuba-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Hemingway-Cuba-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Hemingway-Cuba-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Hemingway-Cuba.jpg 1177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hemingway&#8217;s Home, Havana, Cuba.  Who knew that his favorite bar, Sloppy Joes, was once a chain?!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"265\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Hemmingway-Keys.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1251\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hemingway&#8217;s Home, Key West July 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cuban-Cemetery-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1253\" style=\"width:309px;height:231px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cuban-Cemetery-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cuban-Cemetery-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cuban-Cemetery-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cuban-Cemetery.jpg 1177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br>El&nbsp;<strong>Cementerio<\/strong> de Crist\u00f3bal Col\u00f3n, Havana, Cuba &#8211; Can&#8217;t keep a genealogist out of a cemetery anywhere in the world!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>2017 -Key West, Florida; Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Grand Cayman:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"311\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-10.png 311w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-10-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 85vw, 311px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Where&#8217;s Coco? <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"293\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3480\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I am aware you&#8217;re told not to eat raw fruits and veggies but who could turn down a Mayan lunch in the rain forest? I&#8217;m happy to report we had no medical issues and I&#8217;d do it again in a heart beat!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"292\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3481\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tulum, Mexico<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"291\" height=\"174\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3482\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Lamanai guides and I discussed their DNA results<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-16.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-16.png 263w, https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-16-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 85vw, 263px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">High Temple in Lamanai, Belize, with the calendar stone in the forefront<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"291\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3483\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mahogany Bay, Honduras<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"292\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-17.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3486\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Genealogists go to He11 and back &#8211; Grand Cayman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-18.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3487\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Oldest Home on Grand Cayman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"174\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3490\" style=\"width:297px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cuba in the distance, July 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"295\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-22.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3491\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2016 &#8211; I love the Big Apple! Also loved the NGS Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, FL but the pics won&#8217;t load. Sigh!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2015 &#8211; Salt Lake City, UT |West Virginia | San Francisco, CA | Polk County, FL |New Orleans, LA | Orlando, FL| Washington, DC | Waynesboro, PA &amp; Harbaugh Valley, MD &#8211; so many conferences and research trip the year was a whirl of activity!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 2025 Benjamin Harrison&#8217;s Home Tour, 12 Sep 2025 Family and Friends at the International German Genealogy Partnership Conference in Columbus, Ohio, 14 June 2025. L-R &#8220;cousins&#8221; Mr. &amp; Desiree Muheim, 6th cousin Gerhard Hoh with Rita, Lori, cousin Renee Kettering, presenter Debra Hoffman, &#8220;cousin&#8221; Margie with husband Bob Greiner behind. Gerhard is related to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/?page_id=6\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;On The Road Again&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3808,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/3808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogyatheart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}