Monroe Street Cemetery

Hello.  Today I'm writing about the Monroe Street Cemetery located in Cleveland, Ohio. 

The Monroe Street Cemetery is a city-owned cemetery dating back to the 1800's. It's a beautiful and old cemetery and my paternal great-great grandparents, Fred and Clara Schierbaum, are buried there. 

My first visit to the Cemetery took place during the summer of 2009.  I arrived at the cemetery with my husband, some supplies, and, most importantly, this hand-drawn map of the area where my great-great grandparents are buried. 

Happy New Year!!

Well, here we are in another year ... a new year for new genealogy discoveries and resolutions.

Do you have any resolutions for 2011?  This is the first year for my genealogy resolutions.  I stopped making resolutions years ago because I never kept them.  Maybe you can help me this year.  My genealogy resolutions are:

(1) Keep up with my blog...updating it at least twice a month!
(2) Work on my genealogy every week!
(3) Increase my knowledge of genealogy through reading, classes, and seminars.

Now that I've written my goals down, I must keep them.  I'll keep you posted on my resolution status.

Take Care and Happy 2011.

My Italian Grandparents

My maternal grandparents who lived in Cleveland, Ohio and spoke very little English - were 100% Italian, straight from Udine, Italy. My grandfather, Federico, first came to the United States in 1921. He worked and returned to Italy and married my grandmother, Maria, in 1926. He returned to the U.S. leaving my grandmother in Italy. He continued to work in the U.S. and visit his family in Italy. When my grandmother came to the U.S. in 1930, she arrived with my aunt Lydia who was 3 years old. My grandfather became a U.S. citizen in 1929.

Family Discovered

How often has this happened to you ... you're at work having lunch with a group of co-workers and you discover one of them is a relative?  That is exactly what happened to me a few years ago!