http://cjwords.net genealogy & stuff Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:17:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of my weekend shows that I sometimes watch is "Life After People" on the History Channel. The premise is basically if humans disappeared today, how long would it take for human-made things to break down. Today I saw an episode that used my great grandmother's hometown as an example. ... http://cjwords.net/index.php/archives/68 Elon and Catherine Carman had three children. My great-grandfather Joseph and his brother Jacob survived into adulthood. Their sister Caroline did not. Elon's Declaration for Pension (1910) listed the three of them, with the word living after Joseph and Jacob and dead after Caroline. Census searches indicated that Caroline probably ... http://cjwords.net/index.php/archives/65 This week I am going to highlight someone who is not really related to me, but I am fascinated by the name. Maria Sara Knieriemen was the wife of my first cousin five times removed. (My computer program, TMG, figured that out for me). I had never heard of ... http://cjwords.net/index.php/archives/64