As of Sept. 2021: Born and raised on the West side of Washington State. Am now living in the North Central Washington area. I can accommodate photo requests within 25 miles of my location.
I manage a large family tree on Ancestry.com that includes my Italian, Slavic and Scandinavian roots. The tree also includes a huge portion of my husband's Russian German (or Volga German) ancestry as well as his maternal Danish ancestry. (The tree has over 8,000 people)
I make frequent update requests to find-a-grave, to either correct or add to a record. and strive to ensure there is proper documentation to support changes to a memorial.
An online family tree alone can not be used as proper documentation. Birth, marriage, death and obituary records are the best sources.
Census records are helpful, but can be confusing when dealing with large Volga German families, since they frequently used the same name even within the same family, or between siblings' families. It was common practice that if a child died in infancy, they would re-use that name with a subsequent child born later. Men and women often remarried after a death of their spouse, often marrying a sibling of the recently deceased. Women named in obituaries were often only referred to as Mrs. (Add husband's first & last name). Making it more difficult to validate their maiden name if remarried.
Genealogy is a fun and challenging hobby that allows the opportunity to help others 'find their roots'.

As of Sept. 2021: Born and raised on the West side of Washington State. Am now living in the North Central Washington area. I can accommodate photo requests within 25 miles of my location.
I manage a large family tree on Ancestry.com that includes my Italian, Slavic and Scandinavian roots. The tree also includes a huge portion of my husband's Russian German (or Volga German) ancestry as well as his maternal Danish ancestry. (The tree has over 8,000 people)
I make frequent update requests to find-a-grave, to either correct or add to a record. and strive to ensure there is proper documentation to support changes to a memorial.
An online family tree alone can not be used as proper documentation. Birth, marriage, death and obituary records are the best sources.
Census records are helpful, but can be confusing when dealing with large Volga German families, since they frequently used the same name even within the same family, or between siblings' families. It was common practice that if a child died in infancy, they would re-use that name with a subsequent child born later. Men and women often remarried after a death of their spouse, often marrying a sibling of the recently deceased. Women named in obituaries were often only referred to as Mrs. (Add husband's first & last name). Making it more difficult to validate their maiden name if remarried.
Genealogy is a fun and challenging hobby that allows the opportunity to help others 'find their roots'.