Yesterday, the museum’s website passed the “one million views” milestone. I have decided to veer away from our usual type of post involving family research and take some time to give you a little history of our website and its blog. First, let me provide a bit of general history about our historical society. The … More Thanks a Million!
It is not often that I get to write a story about people that were born as early as the two who are discussed in today’s post. They were each born after the turn of the 19th century in Germany. These two were then part of the original immigration that arrived in America in 1839 … More Two Centuries + Two Decades Old
I have a few days ahead of me that will keep me from doing any research for this blog, so it is likely that it will be early next week before I am able to get back to this business of writing stories from East Perry County’s past. I think I will experience a few … More Getting Back to Business
The 2018 Immigration Conference is now history. We at the museum consider it a rousing success. We received much positive feedback from those who attended the conference. Also, we considered the ones who attended the conference an outstanding group of people. Many new friends were made. I have spent some time putting together a slide … More 2018 Immigration Conference Follow-Up
First of all, I must tell you why I am posting this type of story today. I spent quite a bit of time researching a story and was getting really close to writing it, but then I found even more information about that story. The new information caused me to make the decision to write … More Blog VIP’s
Last night, the Perry County Lutheran Historical Society held one of its regular business meetings at our museum. As we were sitting in the Research Library listening to committee reports, we heard a loud crash on the other side of the bookcases. We immediately knew that one of our Christmas trees had “taken a dive”. … More Blue…..Blue, Blue, Blue, Blue….Christmas
