Mom sent this cartoon to me the day Josh was born and addressed to the hospital. On the back was a note Gale – your grandmother sent this to me the day you were born I’ve attached a PDF at the bottom of the cartoon and mom’s note. I hope Stacey and Brandy may continue […]
I’m glad I went through all my saved papers since I found some great stuff. Back in 1986 Bill and Cheryl Bergemann, Aunt Ovie’s son and daughter-in-law, put together an Elton Family History as a Christmas gift to everyone in the family. The birthdays are listed by month, there’s a list of the family in […]
I wasn’t able to find much and would really like it if someone had more to offer on her lineage. I included the immigration information for Anna in hopes it might lead to more information. Lily, the first born, died when she was 14 leaving Mamie as the only girl with six brothers. I heard […]
I was able to trace my Thomas Elton’s lineage back to 1498 on Ancestry.com due to the hard work of a couple of other people related in some way. It’s on the internet – it’s got to be fact, right? Just kidding. I realize what I found may not be 100% accurate, but just getting […]
Okay, I tried ancestry.com and I just didn’t like it. It had good information, but I felt the display of the actual family tree left a lot to be desired. So I dumped all the data and created two family trees starting with Erland Stand born in 1498 and ending 13 generations later with the […]