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Heather's Genealogy Corner
Heather's Genealogy Corner

History tells the story of the celebrated. Genealogy tells the stories of them all.

Mystery Photos

HPW, April 25, 2025May 1, 2025

One inspiration to bring this blog back is to help broaden the number of people who can see the unidentified photos I’ve inherited. My grandmother inherited boxes and albums of photos from the “old world” that went unidentified due to language barriers and like all of us, too much to do and too little time. So, here’s a first batch. If you know who these folks are, please email me or leave a message!

Adorable picture, no idea who it might be.
Obviously this is grandpa John Majdic, Jerry and Johnny but I’m not certain who the visitor is.
This one is clearly from Slovenia but I have no other idea on which side of the family etc.

And this letter below is my absolute favorite. It’s a reminder that nothing much ever changes, though the internet sure has sped up some of these connections – sometimes finding family is nothing more than directory search and a hopeful message. That said, while I have records of the Setina family being born in the Smlednik Parish in Slovenia, I have yet to find our exact connection to Father Al Jenko and his brother Peter.

Mystery Photos Slovenian Roots JenkoSetinaUnknown

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