Carl Arnold Arns was my husband’s 3rd great-grandfather, born in Schüttendelle, Germany in 1800. He owned a factory with Gottlieb Müller, another 3rd great-grandfather. Carl left a daybook recounting his life from birth until about 4 months prior to his death and I found a typed copy of it the files of Hedwig Maria Wagner…

This journal was written by Jesuit chaplain Paul du Ru while traveling with Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d’Iberville on his second voyage to claim and settle the Gulf of Mexico (1 February–8 May 1700). He expresses some of the prejudice of a seventeenth-century Catholic missionary, but also an admiration that surprised me. Complexities aside, he…

These are the records from Ville-Marie (Montreal) for Urbain & Mathurine Baudreau dit Graveline & their son, Jean Baptist Baudreau dit Graveline I. They are my husband’s 7th and 8th great-grandparents. I OCR’d, transcribed, translated, or summarized them, depending on the content.

Friederike Ottilie Müller is my husband’s great-grandmother. She likely wrote this memoir around 1923. A transcribed copy of it was found in the files of her daughter-in-law, Hedwig Maria Wagner Doehring. This is my 2010 translation, based on that transcription.

Carl August Doehring is my husband’s great-grandfather. In 1923, he wrote a memoir documenting his life & his involvement with the early Catholic Apostolic Church, where he eventually became an Apostle. Carl’s daughter-in-law, Hedwig Maria Wagner Doehring, transcribed it in the 1980s. I found it in her files and translated it in 2010. Understanding the…

My ancestors emigrated to Sersheim, Germany from Switzerland after the Thirty Years War and lived there from 1677 to 1800, before emigrating to Philadelphia. “Sersheim – Geschichte und Geschichten 792 – 1992” is a book by Christina Specht, published by Aldus Publishing House, in 1992. It was out of print and undigitized when I translated…