ROOTS & BRANCHES

I’m not going to name the particular church that motivated this column because that’s not completely the point. What, then, is the point? Well, as a Pennsylvania German genealogy specialist, knowledge of churches and church records comes with the territory (Faithful “Roots & Branches” followers will recall that it was not too many columns ago …

Between this “Roots & Branches” column and a long-running article in German Life magazine, I’m blessed with many correspondents for whom a particular column here or there spurs a reply. One of these individuals is David H. Pardoe who wrote to me recently about the immigrant father of his grandmother Birdie Sedicum, who was known …

When I get a chance to read the publications of the various genealogy groups of which I am a member, it’s common to find out new information. After all, the further I go on in life, the better idea I have on how relatively little I know! A couple of this year’s issues of the …