Recent Posts Tagged With 'martin'

• The Martin Family and the Great Fire of 1910

  Posted on Friday October 9th, 2009 at 12:57 in idaho, montana, martin

  In the summer of 1910, nearly all of Northeast Washington, North Idaho, and much of Western Montana was burning.After a long hard winter with heavy a snow pack, the citizens were looking forward to warm weather, although a wet summer was predicted. H...

• Surname Saturday: MARTIN

  Posted on Saturday August 29th, 2009 at 04:00 in martin, surname saturday

  The MARTIN line is my husband's maternal grandmother's family. They originated from Strasbourg in what is now Alsace-Lorraine, France. This area has been fought over by the Germans and French for a couple of centuries and so the location name has con...

• Presenting at the Tri-City (Washington) Genealogical Society

  Posted on Wednesday August 12th, 2009 at 09:46 in Personal, martin, chaplin

  This evening I will be speaking on one of my favorite presentations, "Frugal Genealogy, or How Not to Spend a Fortune on Your Family Tree!" at the Tri-City Genealogical Society in Richland, Washington. It's a two-and-a-half hour drive south from my h...