Today's Motivational Monday is a cleaning out of sorts. It is filled with random tips and tidbits. Feel free to add your own tips and tidbits in the "Comments" below the article. Great resource for fellow Poles is the PGSA - the Polish Genealogical Society of America. Membership is open to anyone doing research within the borders of the old Commonwealth of Poland. Eastman's Online Genealogical Helper did an article on indentifying an unknown Civil War soldier. That reminded me that I need to get back working on my Van Horn line. My third great grandfather had a brother BENJAMIN VAN HORN who served the UNION in the CIVIL WAR. I know very little of his service however and would love to delve into that are more. I received this picture above from a family member descended directly from Benjamin. The plaque shows he was a Prisoner of War. Social Security Numbers. We all have one - or at least we should! The Ancestry Insider wrote " Social S...
by Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman