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Back in 2018, a post was written that mentioned a wedding that took place on today’s date. I will be telling the story of that couple today. However, in that previous post, I put forth a theory about some connections between two surnames that were part of the 1839 immigration…Lindner and Landgraf. Those names will be seen in today’s post. If you are interested in reading that...

Today’s birthday boy finds a Lutheran bride, and that couple spends their lives in the tiny town of Allenville in Cape Girardeau County. I will begin with the birthday boy.

Robert Eakin was born on June 14, 1876, thus making today his special 150th birthday. Robert was the son of Scott and Caroline (Achtermann) Eakin. I have no baptism information for him or his rel...

On June 13, 1926, a massive celebration was held in St. Louis on the occasion of the dedication of a new campus to house Concordia Seminary in Clayton, Missouri. Today marks the 100th anniversary of that event. It is indeed a special day in the history of Concordia Seminary.

In the attached post that was first published in October of 2024 about the centennial of the...

I’m writing this on Thursday as I will be spending all day on Friday in Cape Girardeau at the MO District LWML Convention. I’ll be manning a table in the exhibit hall for the museum. Then on Saturday, Warren and I are giving a presentation in a breakout session. If you’re at the convention, be sure to stop by!

Having trouble once again deciding what to write, I deci...

I located two marriages in our German Family Tree that united a person with the surname Neislein with one who had the surname Tuschoff. In the case of the two Nieslein’s, they were siblings, but not so with the Tuschoff’s. You will be reading about one of those couples today. The Nieslein name is a brand new one that has never shown up on this blog before.

Franklin ...