Since 2020 I have broken through a significant number of brick walls in my genealogy, taking the vague ideas of “Austria … Serbia…. Yugoslavia… Old Country”. Heres my best collection of tips of how to get started finding documents for your American immigrant who was from that area: 1. Start with what you think you know Seriously, gather everything and every document you have where your ancestor may have put [...]

While the bulk of my grandmother’s life (Jennie Majdic) was spent in Hudson, WY she spent a handful of years in Chicago in the 1940s. I mentioned a little bit about her friend Kimiyo in a previous post, but now let’s dive into her trip to Chicago to visit her aunts and all the excitement that happened in just shy of 6 years it seems. Grandma Jennie graduated from Fremont [...]