Genie Freebies
Looking for budget cutters in your genealogy research? Below are some freebies:
** Your local library or Family History Centers sometimes provide free access to HeritageQuest Online, a research service with census records and family histories.
** To add historical photos to your family's story, take a look at this listing of online databases at: www.familytreemagazine.com/article/photodatabases.
**If you need assistance finding information on a Civil War soldier or sailor, a cemetery or battlefield, this National Parks site may help: http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/
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Welcome
to My Family History Home! 
It's a pleasure to have you as a guest on my family research site. There are a variety of subjects covered within these pages. They include my family history in Indiana, Germany and elsewhere, cemetery locations and tombstones, and various other information. Whatever your research interests, take a little time to wander around Indiana Ties.
So,come right on in and visit with my families: Albers, Beerman, Niehaus, Weber, Kuhn, Micol, Marsischky, Keen, Risch,Wilmsen and more.... My research at this point identifies ancestors from Germany who emigrated to America between 1828 and 1886. However, some piece of news about one or another person from the past surfaces constantly. I will be updating the family history as it develops.
Perhaps you are already bitten with the genealogy bug. In that case, you know how much fun it is to piece together your ancestry puzzle. If you are just beginning your hunt, prepare for exciting times ahead in the family history world. Regardless of the degree of your family history involvement, I hope my Indiana Ties site sparks your interest in some way. Maybe it's the research links page that will give you some leads. Or the pedigree chart that may have that tidbit for you. You never know which of your skeletons you may find in my attic.
If you do in fact make a connection to one of my family ancestors, please let me know. I would be glad to share the documentation and delve into any kin we may have in common. A new page of family history is always cause for celebration.
So take a comfortable seat, open the pages of my history and have a good time. Then, please sign my guestbook and give me feedback on what you found. Or ask any question that comes to mind as you stroll through my family history site.Thanks again for stopping by. Happy hunting!
Family Puzzles
A Family History Question: Many family historians have those stubborn questions that just don't get answered very easily, if ever. They are the family history puzzles that keep us from completing the picture of our ancestors. Following is one of mine. Do you have any clues that you might share with me?
Kihn/Keen Family: Lawrence and Elizabeth (Kraut) Keen lived in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, from approximately 1847 through 1866. They moved to Indianapolis, Indiana before the birth of their ninth child in 1867. My Keen family mystery involves Lawrence and Elizabeth's marriage. Lawrence arrived in Baltimore, MD, in 1840 with his father and two sisters. But where and when did Lawrence Kihn/Keen and Elizabeth Kraut marry? In Baltimore? In Ohio? Where is there marriage record? Do you have any hints about this couple?
