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The Name’s the Same
Like many of us, I imagine, I never knew the origin of my family name. I find family names to be of the upmost importance when seeking the history of our ancestors; some versions of a name may carry information that may have otherwise been hidden to us. When it…
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The Results Are In…
So I received my FamilyTreeDNA results and the first thing I wanted to check out was my ethnicity. I grew up with the assumption that my Dad’s family was from Germany and my Mom’s family was from Ireland. While my research to date has shown me that’s not entirely accurate,…
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The Promise of DNA
As the paper documents for researching my family are starting to peter out, I’ve become interested in taking a look at DNA as a means of filling in some of the blanks and to reinforce some that might be a little too circumstantial. So I sent my sample off to…
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Who is in my family tree?
The majority of the data on this website is the result of my research into my direct ancestors. When my sister convinced me to research our ancestry some years ago, we didn’t know much past our grandparents. I’ve kept at it, and in addition to our direct line have included…
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The Sauer Family and Murphy’s Law
So, no sooner do I complete my recent post with the fact that I could not find any information regarding the whereabouts of John Sauer’s brother Johann Philipp than Murphy’s law kicks in. Not too long ago I was just doing some random searches on FamilySearch when I came across a Philadelphia death…
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The Sauer Family of Camden
This photo is a family photo of my GG Grandfather John William (Wilhelm) Sauer taken about 1910. John came to America in 1868 at the age of 18 with his two brothers, Louis (Ludwig) and Philip (Johann Philipp). Their parents sent them to America to avoid military service at home…
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Where are all the Sawns?
For a name with only four letters, Sawn is probably one of the most mispronounced surnames around. Since the mind reads what it wants, the name usually comes out as “Swan” or “Sean”. Not only that, there’s just not many of us around. According to the 2000 census data, there…
A journey of Generations
