Tag: Dorfprozelten

Fearless Females: Day 16 – Lunch with Catherina Kunkel in Das Goldene Fass in Dorfprozelten

16 March, 2012

My ancestor, 3x great grandmother Eva Catherina Kunkel nee Happ, was a descendant of a family dynasty which owned an inn in the Bavarian village of Dorfprozelten for at least 200 years. I would love to have lunch with her in her own inn, Das Goldene Fass. (I’m working on the whole time-travel-is-possible thing as … More Fearless Females: Day 16 – Lunch with Catherina Kunkel in Das Goldene Fass in Dorfprozelten

52 weeks of Abundant Genealogy: Week 7 – Historical documents

23 February, 2012

Amy Coffin of the We Tree blog, in conjunction with Geneabloggers, has a new series of weekly blogging prompts for 2012 and the theme is 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy.  Week 7 – Historical Documents: Which historical document in your possession are you happy to have? How did you acquire this item? What does it reveal about your … More 52 weeks of Abundant Genealogy: Week 7 – Historical documents

52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy: Week 5 Life experiences: Finding Mary O’Brien

30 January, 2012

Amy Coffin of the We Tree blog, in conjunction with Geneabloggers, has a new series of weekly blogging prompts for 2012 and the theme is 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy.  Week 5’s topic is Life Experiences: Sometimes the challenges in life provide the best learning experiences. Can you find an example of this in your own family tree? … More 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy: Week 5 Life experiences: Finding Mary O’Brien

Second anniversary of my blog – sharing and learning in community with other genies around the world.

27 December, 2011

Today is my second anniversary of blog-writing. It’s been a fascinating journey and one which has taken me on a different path from what I originally anticipated. When I began I wanted to share information on “my” Dorfprozelten immigrants, try to attract anyone with Broadford or East Clare ancestry and share some of my family … More Second anniversary of my blog – sharing and learning in community with other genies around the world.

Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories: 24th December – Christmas Eve

24 December, 2011

How did you, your family or your ancestors spend Christmas Eve? Christmas Eve is an interesting day because depending on which day it falls can affect what happens for much of the day. Unless Christmas was on a Sunday, Christmas Eve has usually been spent at work and as this was a peak admin workload … More Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories: 24th December – Christmas Eve

Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories: 22nd December 2011 – Christmas and Deceased Relatives

22 December, 2011

Did your family visit the cemetery at Christmas? How did your family honour deceased family members at Christmas? Our family didn’t visit the cemetery at Christmas nor was any mention made of family members who died around this time. I guess when family members die at this time, the ones remaining just want to reflect … More Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories: 22nd December 2011 – Christmas and Deceased Relatives

Advent calendar of Christmas Memories: 11 December 2011: Christmas traditions from Bavaria in Queensland

12 December, 2011

Thomas MacEntee at Geneabloggers is encouraging us to celebrate the 2011 Christmas season with a series of posts called the Advent Calendar of Memories. This is today’s entry. Did your immigrant ancestors have holiday traditions from their native country which they retained or perhaps abandoned? I’ve already spoken about my Melvin and McCorkindale ancestors and … More Advent calendar of Christmas Memories: 11 December 2011: Christmas traditions from Bavaria in Queensland

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun (on Monday): Thanksgiving for family history blessings

21 November, 2011

Randy Seaver at Genea-musings set this week’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun exercise: a special Thanksgiving Edition. In Australia we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, but that’s no reason why we shouldn’t give thanks for the wonderful people and information we encounter in our family history searching. Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to: 1)  … More Saturday Night Genealogy Fun (on Monday): Thanksgiving for family history blessings