Tracking down the siblings of my great-grandfather, John Joseph Strelesky, has been challenging. Fortunately, there aren’t too many people with this last name, so when I find it, I can usually determine pretty quickly whether or not they are related. One night I was using FamilySearch.org and found the marriage certificate of Rose Streletzky and…
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Cemeteries
I’ve added cemetery pages for Pioneer Cemetery in North Judson, Indiana Mount Calvary Cemetery in Dubuque, Iowa Linwood Cemetery in Dubuque, Iowa There are Lightcaps buried in all three of these cemeteries. In addition to Lightcaps, family names at Mount Calvary include Strelesky, Sanders, Uhlrich, and Heitz. Linwood Cemetery has Uhlrich, Hatzenbuhler, Hornung, and Woodward….
Streletzkys from Dubuque, Iowa
I’ve been researching my grandmother Eunice Strelesky ancestors and I’ve come across a family with the last name of Streletzky living in Dubuque, Iowa. While my grandmother wasn’t born in Dubuque, she grew up there. Since Strelesky is not a common name, I’ve wondered if there could be a connection between the families. I believe…
FindAGrave.com
I started contributing to FindAGrave.com this week. It’s a wonderful tool for research, and decided I needed to contribute to the website. Check out my profile. Currently I’m working on my Dad’s side of the family, so I’ve added Lightcap, Strelesky, Sanders, and Uhlrich records.
Family History
I’ve been researching my family history for about 10 years, give or take. About 5 years ago, I gave up using software that needed to be installed on a computer. Instead I use ancestry.com’s system. It allows for me to collaborate with my mom about research and let other family members look at it. If…
Forgotten History 