Lisa Alzo's article on Hungarian genealogical research just arrived in my mailbox yesterday as part of the September 2008 issue of Family Tree Magazine. I haven't dug through the entire "Hungary for History" article yet, but it looks to be pretty comprehensive - certainly a good place to start out your search for Hungarian family history.According to Lisa Alzo's bio at the end of the article, she h...

No, you shouldn't be concerned about Jasia's Carnival of Genealogy feeling its age, although it will be hitting a respectable 52nd edition on July 18.What I'm referring to is the topic of the next edition. The 52nd edition of the Carnival of Genealogy, which I will be hosting here at 100 Years in America, will focus on the simple topic of AGE. As family historians, we take time to carefully mark th...

The Fourth of July, the celebration of our nation's birthday, never quite lives up to its ideal for me. Full of sun and fun, parades and flags though it may be, somehow I usually find myself wondering on this day what it was like for Americans in generations before me to celebrate the birth of America and wishing that I could make a visit back into their times.I love this family photograph in my co...

I've been reading with interest footnoteMaven's "Friday from the Collectors" series on her new blog Shades of the Departed. This Friday I'll be reading again, particularly the comments section since the guest author is someone very familiar.Hope you'll make a visit on Friday over to Shades of the Departed to read The Gift of the Photograph: Uniting Families with their History. It includes a few per...

It was 1913 and the newly married couple was having their portrait taken with the wedding party. They and the couple seated (and more than likely the others in the party) were new American immigrants, having arrived from Zala County, Hungary within the previous decade. What a beautiful celebration for these couples who had left all that they knew to start a new life in America!Wedding of Peter &...