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On a Wing and a Prayer Card

geneageek — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 11:02:56 +0000

Prayer cards, which appear to be mostly a catholic tradition, are printed to commemorate someone who has recently died. I was lucky enough to find the ‘In Memoriam’ or ‘prayer…

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A Queenly Godmother

geneageek — Sun, 02 Feb 2020 13:31:44 +0000

There was a story told by my Belgian grandmother, that she was named after Queen Astrid, who was also her godmother due to a royal tradition. I remember her telling…

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An Old Car Accident

geneageek — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 13:37:40 +0000

My mother’s recollections of her grandfather, Eduard LEMMENS, included his involvement in a serious car accident. She believed it occurred in a chauffered car in Switzerland which led to maybe…

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The LEMMENS Tree

geneageek — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:55:56 +0000

A while back, my mother emailed the above photo of her grandfather, Eduard LEMMENS with his siblings. The only ones identified at the time were Eduard (left) and…

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Double Dutch

geneageek — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 19:39:27 +0000

Today I finally finished my Super-Duper-Handy-Dandy Dutch Birth Record Translation Helper. This is actually just a pdf form I created to help me translate/make sense of the birth records…

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When life gives you MORE LEMMENS…

geneageek — Mon, 23 May 2016 14:32:03 +0000

A kind soul offered to help me in my ‘Belgian quest’ and I’m very grateful as it opened up a lot of different doors for me. As well as some BEFAYS…

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When life gives you LEMMENS…

geneageek — Wed, 11 May 2016 18:56:04 +0000

I haven’t written a lot about my mother’s side of the family – in fact, I just checked and I don’t seem to have written at all about them! This…

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