No, it is not a myth about the McDonalds and Culloden. I am attempting to resolve a missing link in our family tree. The attachments…

I had an inquiry about a “Pinkie Bredimus” that I cannot resolve: Not even a hint of Pinkie, anywhere. Perhaps the spelling is off. I…

Before I introduce two Bredimus sisters, a word about their father. Our father’s Uncle Maurice was Poppy’s older brother. Didn’t our dad call him “Morris”?…

Here is my promised delivery of information and material related to Cousin Harriette. My recollection of Harriette was only two things: she wrote the only…

Our great-grandmother, Henriette Anita Bloom Bredimus, was born in 1853 in Paris and died in 1930 in Des Moines. Cousin Harriett spelled her grandmother’s name…

It appears the photo of Mommy and Poppy is a montage. The shot of Cean, Bobby, and Nancy is priceless. Our Mom said Poppy was…

I have nearly exhausted all the free genealogy sites plus my paid membership at newspapers dot com. I’ll use the resources of ancestry dot com…

I received a Bredimus Family Tree created on the website, Ancestry dot com. The tree was incomplete. It is a paid site and I am…

I wrote about Poppy earning $2,700 per year. That amounts to $70,000 in 2021 dollars. Not bad for someone who dropped out of school after…

Mary Mayme Emma Coyle (Mommy) and Franklin Arthur Bredimus (Poppy) Mommy died in 1948, the year before I was born. Poppy died in 1954 when…

Actually, both spellings were used. In some cases our family name was McDannald. See the attached 1930 census and the zoom to the lines for…

I found an unexpected bounty of information on Barbara Virginia Brand, who married Uncle Frank and gave birth to Cousin Franklin. I suppose it was…

I’m still researching Nancy’s mother but I am struggling to find marriage records, birth records for Nancy, and death records for Mary Louise. When I…

The attached news story from 1914 is a gem. It says our father (Robert Bredimus), at four years old, was attacked by a bull dog…

The article changed your name to “Jean” again. In the days before automated spelling checks, editors would just guess. I thought you’d like to see…