Yesterday, I photoed the new hat I acquired. Today, I am putting up some more Lembert stuff. We had a photograph from the 1880s labelled Uncle Pete. Over the years, we finally tracked him down to Peter Lembert who died in California. In putting the pieces together, Gail & I discovered three of the Lembert brothers - Peter, John, and Jacob - left New York for the California Gold Rush around 1850 and stayed out west. The violin pictured here we feel was Jacob's and the picture is of Lembert Dome in Yosemite National Park named after John.
Retired educator - taught mathematics in high school, went back to graduate school, worked in research labs, and finally went back and taught computer science...
@angievega Thank you Angie, genealogy like photography is a fun obsession :) @cscecil Thank you Carolyn, it dates to the 1830s so 180 years old @5unflow3r Thank you Paula, it's like solving a mystery
@kimmistephens Thank you Kimmi, we feel the violin and its case have character @terek55 Thank you Terry, I tried it outside, but preferred the inside shot @webfoot Thank you Paul, we brought it to a violin repair shop and were told that it wouldn't be worth it to repair it, so we are planning on using it as a decorative piece in the house.
@mikichelle Thank you Miki, it is fun finding out about the artifacts you find in grandparents attics @exposure4u Thank you Wendy, I like to share our family memorabilia
@pwallis Thank you Paula, sometimes we must part with memorabilia; since we can only store so much. @naomi Thank you Naomi, my older brother did, but I never could quite get it :)
I have highs and lows with it. Sometimes it consumes me and at others it'll be months before I break it out. It amazes me though, that there is always something more to discover.
@hjbenson What? You don't want to do all my work for me too? ;) I really appreciate your offer. That is very kind of you. I currently have world edition too. I just haven't been using it much at all since I started this little project. I have one line back to the 1400’s, some in the 15 and 1600’s. Most are still 17-1800’s. I’ve gotta a lot of work yet to do! I like the stories that go along with the names though. I like to really focus on one name and gather everything I can about that person. Of course that gets harder and harder to do as you go back, but I like to make the search more personal and less of a name and a date.
@mstipe The first time we looked at census records was in the Seattle National Archives in the mid '80s, but then we moved to the east coast currently in South Jersey. If you need any help around here just hollar :)
February 6th, 2012
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@cscecil Thank you Carolyn, it dates to the 1830s so 180 years old
@5unflow3r Thank you Paula, it's like solving a mystery
@terek55 Thank you Terry, I tried it outside, but preferred the inside shot
@webfoot Thank you Paul, we brought it to a violin repair shop and were told that it wouldn't be worth it to repair it, so we are planning on using it as a decorative piece in the house.
@exposure4u Thank you Wendy, I like to share our family memorabilia
@naomi Thank you Naomi, my older brother did, but I never could quite get it :)