Seider, Frances G grave marker, St Bernard Cemetery, Springfield, Clark, Ohio, USA; photograph by Candy CG, 15 Sep 2009. Digital copy privately held by Jean Marie Diaz, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Linden, California. 2010.

Frances is a cousin through my maternal grandmother’s line.

Luis Guillermo DIAZ y SILVA, in the driveway of his home in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Date currently unknown, estimated as mid-fifties (those tail fins!)

Diaz y Silva, Luis Guillermo, Ponce, Puerto Rico; photographer unknown, date unknown. Photograph privately held by Marisol Ortiz; digital copy privately held by Jean Diaz, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Linden, California. 2009.

Kelly, Father R. E. grave marker, Mount Calvary Cemetery, Huntington, Huntington, Indiana, USA; photograph by Annis Jean Hite Patee, 1 Oct 2009. Digital copy privately held by Jean Marie Diaz, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Linden, California. 2009.

Fr. Robert was one of my great-grandmother’s brothers, the youngest in the family, and largely raised by her after their mother died.

Weyrich, Edna C. grave marker, David’s Cemetery, Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio, USA; photograph by Valita Robinson Randolph, 24 Dec 2009. Digital copy privately held by Jean Marie Diaz, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Linden, California. 2009.

Edna married into my maternal grandmother’s line.

Weyrich, Charles J and Marian V grave marker, David’s Cemetery, Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio, USA; photograph by Valita Robinson Randolph, 24 Dec 2009. Digital copy privately held by Jean Marie Diaz, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Linden, California. 2009.

Charles is a cousin via my maternal grandmother. His wife Marian apparently remarried after his death (per her death certificate), but was buried next to him (per the cemetery’s posted records).

They had an unnamed son in 1939 who died at eight days, of erythroblastosis (which we now know is caused by Rh factor incompatibility). I don’t know where he is buried, as I can’t make out what’s scrawled on his death certificate.

Ober, Marie R grave marker, Saint Bernard Cemetery, Springfield, Clark, Ohio, USA; photograph by Candy CG, 15 Sep 2009. Digital copy privately held by Jean Marie Diaz, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Linden, California. 2009.

Marie is a cousin through my KOHL line.

Kelly, Margaret G grave marker, Calvary Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA; photograph by Mary Rose, 1 Apr 2009. Digital copy privately held by Jean Marie Diaz, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Linden, California. 2009.

Margaret is the wife of my great-granduncle Edward KELLY.

Kelly, Josephine grave marker, St Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Union City, Randolph, Indiana, USA; photograph by Suzanne Stamper-Youmans, 23 Apr 2008. Digital copy privately held by Jean Marie Diaz, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Linden, California. 2009.

Today, I have the honor of presenting eleven posts by seven different authors. We have tales and photographs, stories and research. Without more ado, ladies and gentlemen, let the 23rd edition of the Carnival of Central and Eastern European Genealogy commence!

Donna Pointkouski follows the tangled threads of cluster genealogy in The Millers’ Tale at What’s Past is Prologue. Don’t miss parts two and three.

At Tangled Trees, TCasteel tells us about the RMS Ausonia, the ship on which one of her ancestors came from Hungary to Canada. In Kirchweih, she shares a beautiful photograph of her ancestors in traditional costume for this church dedication festival.

Al Wierzba of Al’s Polish-American Genealogy Research is planning an ambitious indexing project involving the Portage County, Wisconsin Polish/Kaszubian community, and would love help from anyone else interested in this group. He has started by creating a template to assist the indexers.

Patti Browning, writing at Consanguinity, shares memories and wistfulness in the beautifully written All My Germans.

Earline Bradt discusses My Silver Buckle, and the nature of family heirlooms, at Ancestral Notes.

Evelyn Yvonne Theriault opens a dusty vault of Canadian history to us in The "Secret" Germans of Quebec at A Canadian Family.

And finally, M. Diane Rogers shows and tells us of the Ukrainian Pioneer Monument in Winnipeg Manitoba, posted at CanadaGenealogy, or, ‘Jane’s Your Aunt’

Thank you all for attending! The 24th Edition will be hosted by Al Wierzba of Al’s Polish-American Genealogy Research in November. Stay tuned for the details.

Kelly, John F grave marker, St Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Union City, Randolph, Indiana, USA; photograph by Suzanne Stamper-Youmans, 23 Apr 2008. Digital copy privately held by Jean Marie Diaz, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Linden, California. 2009.