For example, my grandma Henrietta Mahler is shown at left in the 1930s, at the wedding of her younger daughter, Miriam. Henrietta was born in Eastern Europe, as was her older brother, and their parents. Someday I hope to have more info about where they came from, but details have been elusive up to now. UPDATE: I've been exploring some Riga records that show Henrietta's husband Meyer Elias Mahler was married before he courted my grandma.
My husband's family, however, is from England, Ireland, and possibly Scotland, with some stopovers in Canada. Searching for his ancestors is a lot easier than searching for mine--the documents and indexes for his family are almost always in English, and many are online! Plus I've met several very kind genealogy "angels" who helped along the way, thanks to Ancestry's surname and geographical message boards.
Now you know my secret: I married him for his ancestors. LOL!
"I married him for his ancestors" - I had to laugh at this! Were it not for the fact that neither of us knew anything about one another's ancestors at the time, I would say that my husband married me for my ancestors! He (a military analyst), who has relatively recent immigrant ancestors (arrived between 1850 and 1910) who have little involvement with the military, prefers my ancestors, who seem to have arrived in this country between 1630 and 1760 and have had lots of involvement with the military. I find his ancestors just as interesting as mine but cannot get him interested in them.
ReplyDeleteThis is the best line of the year! Of course the year is 8 days old. Just sayin'. thank goodness someone has a pedigree.
ReplyDeleteThanks Greta and Izzi, for reading and sharing your thoughts. Are the leaves always greener on the other side of the tree :) ?
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