Memorial Day 2015 Our Family that Served

WWI Museum trench warfare

Today is Memorial Day 2015 and I am writing here and able to because of the sacrifices our men and women in the service have made. We on this day and everyday want to remember and thank the men and women who have served in the Armed Forces to keep us safe and free.  We will also go this day to the cemeteries to remember our loved ones who have died and put flowers on the graves. We will have family cookouts and picnics and play at the pool or lake but while doing all this we must and should honor those who served because if they had not been willing to put their life on the line for us we might not have the freedom to enjoy this day like we do. Our family has had someone who has  served in all the wars starting with the Rev. War.  It is an honor for me to pay tribute and thank them for their sacrifice.
Here are a few of the men from our family that has served. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE AND ARE SERVING IN THE MILITARY!

Cherish the Moments

I wanted to post a quick blog to say I will try to get back to weekly blogs next week. 5 and a half weeks ago my Dad died unexpectantly and suddenly.  We had just been an hour before with him and Mom and an hour later he was gone. Shock is probably the word that best describes where we were besides devastated and sad. The one thing we know is that he is in heaven and we will see him again.

We have hope, peace, and comfort from the Lord and assurance that this is not the end.



One lesson we can learn from his sudden death is to cherish every moment, spend time with the ones you love and make sure you are ready to meet the Lord.

More next week on our family reunion in we had in November

TBT Research Trip Place To Research

History of Texas County MO

Texas County MO Courthouse

We are planning another research trip so I thought I would repost this for TBT. I have to add that in addition to the courthouse searches make sure you look for a library to search at, a genealogy or historical society, and the cemeteries. Make sure you turn over every rock you can while in the county of your ancestors. Go and see if you can still find the house or site where your ancestor lived. It would be great to be in contact with the historical society for the county you are going to ahead of time and see what they have to offer and the hours they are open. Just go and learn everything you can while on the trip. We are planning on going to Iowa and research this fall and I can not wait.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Place to research

There are so many places to do research on the internet but there is nothing like going to a courthouse in the county of your ancestors. While you are there try just looking around a little this paid of for us when we went to the the courthouse in Washita County OK. They had pictures up on the wall of migrant workers in the cotton fields in the 1930's and they had one that said do you know these people and there in the front was a picture of a woman that looked just like my Grandmother. She had always told me they picked cotton and she did even when she was 9 months pregnant with my mother. These pictures were proof that they really did pick cotton in this county in the time frame she had said and though I can't prove it I am sure that was my Grandmother in that picture.

Things you want to remember to check while at the courthouse are marriage records, deeds, and any court records you can look at. Make sure you look for the ancestor you are there looking for, but also be sure to take note of records of the same surname, like in the marriage records copy in a notebook all the ones you find for the surnames you are looking for whether you think they are in your tree or not. The reason is that you might find later that they fit into your tree and if they do you already have the dates copied down to go back to. I did this when researching my Capp line in Monroe County MO and was glad about a year later that I had because I found that one I didn't think fit in did from one of the brothers to my ancestor. I also have not done this and wished I had later when I found that the person in question was in my line. It just saves time to do it while you are there. Also make sure you check deeds closely. Probate records and wills are also necessary to look at while there. Again check for all you can at the time you are there.

Be sure when going into the courthouses to be courteous and not demanding. I went into one and they said they had bad experiences with people coming in doing genealogy because they were rude and demanding. This makes it bad on the ones coming in after and will limit how willing they are to help you or let you look at records. Most importantly just go and learn about the county and what it was like when your ancestors lived there.

TILL NEXT TIME KEEP DIGGING AND SLEUTHING!

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TBT Old Newspaper Clipping Part 3 Chicago Times April 1945

This is the last page of the old newspaper clipping. Hope this helps someone with their research.

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Old Newspaper Clipping Part 3

This is the list of Army wounded found in the old newspaper that I have a page of.

Chicago Times  Friday April 13, 1945

Army Wounded European Area

Bartolone, PFC Carmen P mother Mrs Rose Bartolone
Bisone, PFC Angelo
Brauer, PFC Kenneth E mother Mrs Meta M Brauer
Burke, PFC William A
Butera, PVT Carlo C mother Mrs. Pauline Costa
Coleman, Pvt Kermit B mother Mrs. Libby Coleman
Coniglio, PFC Angelo J father George Coniglio
Cristanus, PFC Joseph father Joseph Cristanus
Cromer, PVT Robert W mother Mrs Myrtle E Cromer
Dantonio, PFC Salvatore father Amadio Dantonio
Ditterline, PFC Hollace E
Donn, PFC Harold X
Gassett, PFC Lawrence K ,mother  Olive Gassett
Gentile, PVT Francis J Father Vinczio Gentil
Guzzo, PFC Ralph G mother Mrs Rose Guzzo
Helix, PFC Edward W sister Mrs Martha H Sanders
Hess, PVT Edward P mother Mrs Mamie Hess
Hirsch, PFC James W mother Mrs Lucille Boyd McGabe
Ireczer, SGT Richard J mother Mrs Jennie Ireczer
Jeanis, S/SGT Robert W mother Mrs Ellen Jeanis
Johnson, 2d LT Ernest A father Capt Ernest L Johnson
Kalas, PVT Charles
Kedzior, 1st LT CasimerJ mother Mrs Kathrine Kedzior
Kelm, PVT Gustave mother Mrs Emma Z Kelm
Kohan, T/4 Michael J mother Mrs Mary Kohan
Konieczko, PFC Bernard J
Koos, PFC Louis E
Lange, PVT Robert C
Lee, T/5 Warren J mother Mrs Ula Lee
Lucatorto, PFC Frank father Pasquale Lucatorto
Lynch, PFC Raymond D father John Lynch
Patterson, PVT Jack R mother Mrs Elizabeth Patterson
Pokrajac, PVT Peter mother Mrs Sylvia Pokrajac
Poznanski, PVT John M mother Mrs Sophie Poznanski
Priester, PFC Eugene C mother Mrs Anna K Priester
Proskovec, S/SGT Arthur C mother Mrs Jennie Proskovec
Rabinak, 2d LT Peter P mother Mrs Rose Rabinak
Rashkow, PFC Erwin J
Renninger, PFC Robert J mother Mrs Helen Renninger
Ruiz, PVT Ralph C father Ascencion C Ruiz
Schmidt, PVT Albert F Jr
Schultz, PFC Ricahrd F mother Mrs Emma W Schultz
Shafran, 1st LT Paul P
Sikora, Corp Michael W mother Mrs Catherine Sikora
Spellman, PFC David sister Mrs Mae Perimutter
Stein, Corp Albert J father Ike Stein
Stikkers, PFC Tieme C
Warmus, PVT Stanley J mother Mrs Gertrude Taylor
Yawney, PVT Edward W mother Mrs Amma Yawney
Zajac, PFC Edward J mother Mrs Mary Zajac
Zemaitis, PFC George J father George Zemaitis
Zvitkovits, PFC Felix J mother Mrs Veronica Zvitkovits

Pacific Area Army wounded

Carpentier, PVT James J
Gallagher, Corp Francis D mother Mrs Marry Wash
Goldflies, T/4 Jack W mother Mrs Nellie Goldflies
Henriksen, PFC Soren W father Werner Henriksen
Herman, T/4 Charles K mother Mrs Martha Herman
Hubbard, PVT Maynard A
Jimenez, PFC Marciso A
Kovac, PVT John M mother Mrs Rose Piepel
Kusnierz, PFC Joe m mother Mrs. Mary Kusnierz
Regan, PFC Daniel J mother Mrs Sarah Regan
Ripani, T/5 Edward D mother Mrs Mary Ripani

Prisoners In Germany

Abel, T/4 Arnold C
Anderson, PFC Richard R
Andrews, PVT Chesteen R
Andrews, PVT Clare J
Anzelmo, PFC Tony L mother Mrs Freda Anzelmo
Benda, T/SGT Roy A
Berg, SGT Robert D father V E Berg
Dezelick, S/SGT Robert A father John D Dezelick
Green, T/5 Les T
Malitzke, S/SGT Glen C
Marino, PVT Vincent mother Mrs Lucy Marino
Massa, T/SGT Kenneth E mother Mrs Tillie Massa
Muka, SGT John J mother Mrs Anna Muka
Roti, PVT Bruno F mother Mrs Marion Roti
Saxon, PFC William R father William Saxon
Schmitt, PVT Clement M mother Mrs Anna Schmitt
Schoenbaum, PFC Albert C
Seabeck, PVT Carl B
Taylor, PVT Martin
Valiant, PVT William M father Arthur Valiant
Weber, 1st LT Roland E father Henry Weber

Addresses were given for most also. If you want a photo copy of the page of the paper I have let me know and I will get it to you. I hope that this will help someone in their research of their family

TBT Old Newspaper Clipping Part 2

Here is the post of the Old Chicago Times Friday April 13, 1945 Newspaper listing Killed and Wounded 

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Old Newspaper Clipping Part 2

Back during WWII newspapers would list the wounded, killed and missing. This is the list that I have from Chicago Times Friday April 13, 1945. I have this one page that was given to me because of the information on Pres. Roosevelt's funeral so I am sharing the names here. If you would like a copy of the page just leave me a comment with your email address and I will send it to you.

Chicago Times 1945:
Navy Killed
Seaman 2/C Glen O De Long son of Mr and Mrs Samuel  Eli De Long

Navy Wounded
Marine 1st Lt Ben C Brostoff
Seaman 1/C Donald Gordon Devore son of Mr and Mrs Clyde WarrenDevore
Marine Pfc Robert Filipovich son of Mrs Anna Kotur
Seaman 1/C Edward Joseph Komski mother Mrs. JosephineKomski 
Seaman 1/C William Matrasko 
Marine Corp Mike L Nauert 
Lt J.G. Walter Howard Sobel 

Army Killed ( European Area)
Pvt Wilbur A Broom 
Corp Daniel B Buckley brother of Miss Mary Buckley 
T/Sgt Paul E Colby son of Mrs Hazel B Colby 
2d Lt Nello F Fiorio son of Mrs Olga Fiorio 
PFC Theodore S Genga 
Pfc John J Giblin son of Mrs Elizabeth H Giblin 
2d Lt Charles L Jones son of William H Jones 
Sgt Arnold T Keating son of Mrs Marcella M Keating 
Pfc Elmer D Kopecky son of Mrs Anna K Kopecky 
Sgt George T Kusel son of Mitchel Kusel 
Pfc Stanley W Lacny son of Charles C Lacny 
Pfc Albert F Lewellen son of Mrs Euphraisia Lewellen 
Pfc George R McMinn 
Corp Alfred T Mohiser 
Pfc Steve J Mrozowski
Pfc Melvin A Oesterreich
Pvt Edward T Reddington son of Mrs Alice Reddington
Pvt John D Roy
Pvt Edward Rybacki son of Mrs Victoria L Rybacki
Pfc Joseph F Themann son of Mrs Elizabeth Themann
Pfc Erwin Tylennis son of Mrs Mary Tylennis
1st Sgt Edward S Warzel
Pvt Gene F Ziemba son of Mrs Catherine K Ziemba
Pvt Joseph Zink

Army Killed ( Pacific Area)
Pfc Henry S Ciura son of Mrs Josephine Ciura
Pfc Frank F Folinazzo son of Mrs Angeline Folinazzo
Pfc Harry E Seaberg
2d Lt Irving Weinberg son of Abe Weinberg

Next time will be the listine of the Army Wounded. In this list they also have the address and if married the wives names but I didn't list those. Hope this will help someone in finding information on their ancestors. Let me know if you want a photocopy of this page.

TBT Re Posting of Old Newspaper Clippings From Apr 1945

This is a good time to repost the names of Military from Chicago Times 1945

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Old Newspaper Clippings

I love to look at the old newspapers and to glean what I can about the history of a place as well as the lives of the people that lived there. In looking for information on my family I always check newspapers in the area they lived for obituaries and any mention of them that might be in the paper. I know they use to always put in social news like Mrs Wilder and son to visit her parents in South Dakota and so on. I look first for obituaries in the paper of the area they lived in but also I skim through to see if there name is mentioned otherwise.  I have found interesting facts about what my ancestors lives were like by reading the old papers.

I recently was given clippings out of the old Chicago Times that had announcements and pictures from when Pres. Roosevelt died but on the back of some of those clippings I have found mention of others in the military and deaths. I decided that I would transcribed the ones that I could in hopes that it would help someone looking for their ancestors. There is not many but hopefully it will help someone. The only problem is I know the name of the paper but actual dates of the clippings are not there. All are about the funeral and death of Pres. Roosevelt so that gives us a time frame. If anyone reads this post and finds that it mentions a ancestor I would be glad to copy the page that I have transcribed and send to them.

Here are the names out of the Chicago Times:no date but some time around Apr 1945

Noble J Puffer Cook County superintendent of schools picture is included
Eugene L. Wyman college division winner oratory champion  picture is included
William G Ehler high school champion oratory contest  picture is included

John B Herboth son of Mr. and Mrs J B Herboth promoted to Colonel with picture
John Tuzinski talking about war experience
S/Sgt Le Roy E Laffey reported as missing in action
Pfc Joseph E Czuban wounded in action
Pfc Melvin Daskal son of Rabbi and Mrs B A Daskal home on furlough recovering from wounds
S/Sgt Harry S Poturalski talking about war
Lt William Brady Liberator bomber returns to unit in Italy
Sgt Ed Nelson artilleryman gives his address
William Fortier allegedly slugged by John Comise

Chicago Times April 13, 1945
Lt William C Lewis death notice

Chicago Times in Apr 1945
M/Sgt Lester M Kuehl so of Mr and Mrs George Kuehl awarded medal of heroism
S/ Sgt James Coleman, and S/Sgt John W Kurtz receive battlefield commissions as 2nd Lieutenants


Next week I will list the names that were in the Chicago Times Apr 13, 1945 of the wounded, prisoner of war and killed in the war. It is a long list

TBT Old Family Recipe Egg Noodle Recipe

My Grandma Snodgrass's Egg Noodle Recipe

This recipe was one handed down from my Grandma's mother to my Grandma to my Mom to me to my Kids to my Grandkids. We had these noodles every Thanksgiving and Christmas. It was always so much fun to go over and help Grandma and Mom make the noodles. I have a lot of great memories of being together, getting flour all over all the while laughing while  mixing, rolling and cutting up the noodles. When Grandma got where she couldn't do it anymore she sat there and supervised the rest of us doing them. This was a family tradition and one I was glad to pass on to my kids and grandkids. No as everyone has grown up and it's harder to get together before Thanksgiving to make these they buy store bought noodles but they are not the same and we don't have the memories we did back when we got together to make them for the holidays. I would never trade the time we spent together making egg noodles. This recipe is in my Mom's hand writing because Grandma didn't write down a recipe. As we did it you just knew if you had enough water and flour and it just became something you did from habit. Mom wrote it down so that it could be passed on to others in the family and I am using it today as my throwback Thursday post.

Always cherish the family traditions and make sure to share the times, stories and make new memories as the next generations come along.

This is Grandma Mattie Snodgrass in the Kitchen.