“The ability to read pre-Revolutionary Russian cursive writing turned out to be the key that unlocked the entire history of my grandfather’s father’s family.”
A Whole Other Family, Buried in Antique Russian Cursive
How I Found My Father’s Roots
“When I learned that Dad’s father … was buried in a Jewish cemetery in Leavenworth, Kansas, I began to wonder. I especially wondered why our family was Methodist.”
How I Got Hooked on Genealogy . . . While Attempting to Solve a Family Mystery
“My search for Harry’s real surname began with the 1920 U. S. Census.
My goal was to find any data that could lead to other documents…
My later research ultimately revealed that most of the census data was incorrect.”