Week 18 (April 29-May 5): Road Trip

 Road Trip

Week 17 (Apr. 22-28): At Worship

At Worship

So.  We were Catholic. Mom converted for marriage-  Dad grew up going to Catholic School... so guess who was "MORE CATHOLIC".

I have lots of funny stories about church and First Holy Communion and whatnot, but they are all stories about my immediate family.

Grandma and Grandpa Oltmer did help build a church in Demarest - St. Joseph's.  Mom and Dad were married at St. Joe's ... but it was at the end of Brookside Ave. when they were married on May 17, 1949.  But shortly after, a new St. Joe's was going to be built and the Oltmer family was a large contributor.

This window (dedication enlarged in photo 2) are still in St. Joseph's Church in Demarest.

Aunt Florence and Aunt Mary were both married there -  and were eulogized there as well.  We were strictly St. Therese in Cresskill -  for most everything.  

You do need a fun story -  So I'll just give a link to one of my favorite church stories:

"The Loudest Things in Church"  http://thesisters3.com/st_loudest.html

Week 16 (Apr. 15-21): Out of Place

Out of Place

So. I am WEEKS behind again. Well.. really 1.5 

I have no clue what to write on this one.  EVERYONE in our family was out of place!

Not to mention that Ancestry is having ISSUES right now.  I'll leave this one "as is" and see if I can come up with something ...  eventually.

Photo for today...

Here we are -  Maybe not OUT OF PLACE-  but surely in dire need of "CORRECTION" according to the photographer's notes.   This was either the time MB cut her own bangs- or just the normal "Ma Haircut" badly in need of CORRECTION!  

I had the typical 9 year old bags under my eyes and TOO DEEP smile lines??!?!?   and I can't read Patty's needed fix... but this is all I can think of for this topic-  for now.   I will come up with something.

Week 15 (April 8-14): DNA

DNA

So-  we (my sister and her husband, my husband and I) paid and had our DNA done.

My husband and I sent it in immediately-  my sister and her husband STILL never sent it in (after paying and receiving the kit).

In January, her husband passed away-  so his will not be sent in... I hope she sends hers in eventually.  

All in all-  what my husband and I saw in our results seemed correct... but things we basically already knew.

As for Ancestry -  I feel duped and angry.  I got some connections but they were all people I already knew.  My husband's has gone NO WHERE.  I REFUSE to pay for another account... I'm already planning to DROP mine when my 6 months is up-  what a joke... without a tree- and an account, the DNA results are USELESS...

That's the end of my rant.

Week 14 (April 1-7): Brick Wall

Brick Wall

And I'm behind again.

I have hit a brick wall of sorts.  I have relatives of my husband -  who are "sure" that they have info on his grandfather- Louis Wieme... but I have not seen concrete evidence.

Apparently, he has used several different first names-  all variations of Louis, but his name is part of the stumbling I've experienced.  Through all of the "proof" of his existence, his name has been Louis -  but his earlier records (not in America) use Aloyious and Aloijsius IF it's even him. 

I can track him until the 1940s.   He left his family and seems to have fallen off the face of the earth.  I have no death record.  I have hit a BRICK WALL.

So.  That's all for now- as I try to come up with other info to include in this blog.