Comments on: Searching for Grandfather Anderson http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/searching-for-grandfather-anderson/ VanFossen, West, Anderson, Farlin, Knapp, Elwell, Disbrow and More Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:34:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Lorelle VanFossen http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/searching-for-grandfather-anderson/#comment-2186 Lorelle VanFossen Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:25:07 +0000 http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/searching-for-grandfather-anderson#comment-2186 @<a href="http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/searching-for-grandfather-anderson/#comment-2107" rel="nofollow">Kristi</a>: My Anderson family arrived in the late 1800s from Norway and I've traced them all and I have no Hadie. Anderson was a very common name, and continues to be one. Good luck with your research. @Kristi:

My Anderson family arrived in the late 1800s from Norway and I’ve traced them all and I have no Hadie. Anderson was a very common name, and continues to be one. Good luck with your research.

]]> By: Kristi http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/searching-for-grandfather-anderson/#comment-2107 Kristi Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:37:57 +0000 http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/searching-for-grandfather-anderson#comment-2107 My Great Grandmother was Hadie Anderson, born around 1900 she lived in Wisconsin, in a log cabin built by her father. The log cabin and property was recently donated by our family to the State of Wisconsin. there may be some relation. The geniology for that sisde of my family has never been properly researched. My Great Grandmother was Hadie Anderson, born around 1900 she lived in Wisconsin, in a log cabin built by her father. The log cabin and property was recently donated by our family to the State of Wisconsin. there may be some relation. The geniology for that sisde of my family has never been properly researched.

]]> By: Family History » Planning Another Genealogy Trip - Wisconsin http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/searching-for-grandfather-anderson/#comment-5 Family History » Planning Another Genealogy Trip - Wisconsin Sun, 11 Jun 2006 06:34:36 +0000 http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/searching-for-grandfather-anderson#comment-5 [...] The first three names, Anderson, Blichfeldt, and Swendson/Svendsen, came together in my family’s history through an amazing combination of life circumstances. I talk about it in the article on Searching For Grandfather Anderson, but here is a quick summary. [...] [...] The first three names, Anderson, Blichfeldt, and Swendson/Svendsen, came together in my family’s history through an amazing combination of life circumstances. I talk about it in the article on Searching For Grandfather Anderson, but here is a quick summary. [...]

]]> By: Family History » Every Ending is Just a Beginning: It’s All in the Details http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/searching-for-grandfather-anderson/#comment-4 Family History » Every Ending is Just a Beginning: It’s All in the Details Sun, 28 May 2006 07:56:20 +0000 http://www.cameraontheroad.com/family/searching-for-grandfather-anderson#comment-4 [...] In the case of my own grandfather, digging through old records, my mother and I discovered that the name of the mother on his birth certificate was different from his mother’s name on his death certificate. After much digging, we found that the person was the same. It seems that great grandmother had been adopted after her mother’s death when she was a small child. She’d taken on her adopted family’s name and dropped the “a” from Helena to be just “Helen”. If we hadn’t been looking for details, we’d have taken it for granted that the name would have been the same and lost part of the fascinating story of our family’s history. More careful research revealed that the adopting family was also a relative by marriage, and that they took in more of our family members later on in life after Helen died. We’re eager to learn more about these honorable and compassionate people. [...] [...] In the case of my own grandfather, digging through old records, my mother and I discovered that the name of the mother on his birth certificate was different from his mother’s name on his death certificate. After much digging, we found that the person was the same. It seems that great grandmother had been adopted after her mother’s death when she was a small child. She’d taken on her adopted family’s name and dropped the “a” from Helena to be just “Helen”. If we hadn’t been looking for details, we’d have taken it for granted that the name would have been the same and lost part of the fascinating story of our family’s history. More careful research revealed that the adopting family was also a relative by marriage, and that they took in more of our family members later on in life after Helen died. We’re eager to learn more about these honorable and compassionate people. [...]

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