Happy 100th Anniversary! 10/13/1911-10/13/2011
Josef and Elsabetha Gartz—Wedding day October 13, 1911 Friday the thirteenth, a century ago, was a lucky day for my grandparents, Josef Gartz and Elisabetha Ebner, when they became husband and wife. […]
Happy Birthday, Dad…and G-G-G-Grandpa
Fred Gartz, dob October 10, 1914 […]
“Your Uncertain Fate”
Berta Jickeli, Lisi Ebner’s employer and mentor in Hermannstadt/Sibiu We think of our grandparents as venerable and wise, unlikely to be impulsive, reckless, or spontaneous as youth is wont to be. But what if we could see them [...]
Interview with Lynette Benton
Because of blogging, I’ve had a great time getting to know more people interested not only in genealogy and family history, but also in writing memoir and family stories, which is the ultimate goal of my research through my family [...]
Unraveling the Michael Mystery
The first Görz to arrive in my grandparents’ homeland of Siebenbürgen/Transylvania made the 1,000 mile trek from Gerstheim in Alsace in May, 1770, but to Grosspold, not Neppendorf as the Lutheran church records there had stated. It was the baby on [...]