The Story Begins...
Where does one begin with family history? What do you do when the family tree is really more like a forest, with entangled branches and offshoots?
This story will start at the place where I grew up. The original home is no longer there, yet the land and homestead is still in the family, and provides a home and haven and livelihood for the generations who follow.
We owe our thanks to the generations before us who instilled in us a sense of family, of belonging, of sharing stories and history, and maintaining connections across the country and across the globe.
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Alma Marie Onstad Blixrud
Belated Ancestor of the day: grandmother Alma Marie Onstad Blixrud, born July 15th, 1890 in rural Spring Grove, MN and d 12 Jul 1969 in Alexandria, MN (just days shy of her 79th birthday). In just over a week from now, descendants of all six children of Alma and John Benjamin …
Berit Jonsdatter Lommen Lee
Ancestor of the Day for 11 July: very fittingly, it’s 2nd great grandmother Berit Jonsdatter Lommen, b 01 Mar 1816 in Vestre Slidre, Valders Norway and d 11 Jul 1894 in rural Barrett, MN and is buried at the cemetery at Immanuel Lutheran Church. She married Knud Knudsen Lee (yesterday’s …
They say every person should have an "elevator pitch" - a summary used to quickly and simply define themselves and their value proposition (definition loosely taken from Wikipedia). Those of you who know me know that I'm generally a bit more wordy than that. Hence, no Twitter for me. But, after years of sharing my ancestry stories on Facebook I finally decided to broaden my horizons. Here, then, is the scoop on blixrud.com. Types of articles you can expect to see are tidbits about ancestors and their lives, images of historical records, links to places and sites of interest such as churches and locales, and outright speculation about their lives and times. This site may carry my maiden name, but will be devoted to all historical lines in the family. As such, some family members may find articles which don't relate (so to speak...) to them. By choosing a category filter, you can narrow the focus of what you see.