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I ordered the death certificate because my great-grandmother apparently was a very unreliable narrator at the end of her life and told different versions of what had happened to…

Added to Vincent W. Munns Death Certificate - image, found in BrentSleeper's uploads

03 Sep 2008
BrentSleeper
Vincent Munns was my great-grandfather's (Claire Robert Munns') younger brother.

Added to Vincent W. Munns Death Certificate - image, found in BrentSleeper's uploads

03 Sep 2008
BrentSleeper
I also have posted a higher-resolution scan of the included photo; see the connected items for the image.

Added to 'Old rock school house' has given way to... - image, found in BrentSleeper's uploads

28 Aug 2008
BrentSleeper
The cabin was built by my great-grandfather Russell Burdick, grandfather Wayne Munns, and great-uncle Stephen Thorngate. The cabin now belongs to the Thorngate family.

Added to Timberlane Stationery - image, found in BrentSleeper's uploads

28 Aug 2008
BrentSleeper
I have a lot of Burdick ancestors (several different and intermarried lines), but I haven't been able to place this person, Welcome Burdick, into the puzzle. I do have the…

Added to Mr. & Mrs. Welcome Burdick - image, found in BrentSleeper's uploads

22 Aug 2008
BrentSleeper
South Hill, New York is a hamlet in Ithaca, Tomkins County, New York.

Added to Mr. & Mrs. Welcome Burdick - image, found in BrentSleeper's uploads

21 Aug 2008
BrentSleeper
The "VMS" notation was written by my mother; they were her ititials at the time, for Vicki [Anne] Munns Sleeper.

Added to Mr. & Mrs. Welcome Burdick - image, found in BrentSleeper's uploads

21 Aug 2008
BrentSleeper
My great-grandfather Leroy Michael Reinke was confirmed in 1918 at the Immanuel German Evangelical Lutheran Church pictured here.

Added to Residences, businesses, and town of Eyota,... - image, found in BrentSleeper's uploads

19 Aug 2008
BrentSleeper
Because of the poor scan quality, it was difficult to identify RWM's occupation and place of employment. Note that he mispells "Kissel." It's surprising to me that his home…

Added to Robert Warren Munns WWI draft registration - image, found in BrentSleeper's uploads

19 Aug 2008
BrentSleeper
The registrar's comment that RWM's "general health [was] practically ruined by sun stroke" is interesting. Is it a euphemism for some sort of mental illness issue?

Added to Robert Warren Munns WWI draft registration - image, found in BrentSleeper's uploads

19 Aug 2008
BrentSleeper
If it's not obvious, the bible's title page is in German and typeset in a Schwabacher black-letter face.

Added to Leroy Reinke's German bible - image, found in BrentSleeper's uploads

19 Aug 2008
BrentSleeper
The top half of the inscription is in Marilyn Beth Reinke's, my great-aunt's, handwriting. The bottom half is in Luella Mary Mitchell Reinke's, my great-grandmother's,…

Added to Leroy Reinke's German bible - image, found in BrentSleeper's uploads

19 Aug 2008

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