An Easter Spritzing
Front of Easter postcard from Josef to Lisi. Note Cupid appears to be rowing an eggshell boat filled with flowers and a chick guides the rudder. […]
Family Photo Ties
Maria Ebner/Sonnleitner, seated, my grandmother’s sister and her family. Andreas far left, Maria Roth’s father. Travel Tuesday In our quest to find our family’s roots in Transylvania, my two brothers and I scored a number of heartening successes, [...]
The Roma in Grosspold
Travel Tuesday It was getting later into the afternoon by the time we left Frau Sonnleitner, her pigs, and her dog named Linda. (See Going to the Dogs) with no luck in finding the Ebner Hof, my great-grandfather, Samuel Ebner’s, home [...]
Going to the Dogs
Given the shocking name of “Linda” TRAVEL TUESDAY My parents named me Linda. This shocked my grandfather, Josef. He said to my father, “For why you name a girl Linda? In Romania they only name the dogs Linda.” [...]
Blitzbuggy—A Car with History
Model A Ford-1929 (See Blitzbuggy below)credit: Hubcapcafe.com It’s Carnival of Genealogy (CoG) again, the monthly opportunity for genealogy bloggers to ponder a specific topic—and for April it’s cars. Thanks to Jasia at Creative Gene for hosting CoG. Blitzbuggy. For those [...]