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While the 1940 U.S. Census was released a little over a week ago, I have finally gotten around to locating father Wallace and his family. Here is the actual image showing Wallace, his sister Adella, and parents Oscar and Hannah. Probably most interesting, though not new, is seeing the . . . → Read More: The 1940 Census is Here!   View Mohn Master Family Tree on Ancestry.com A Mohn, a Olsen, a Gunderson and a Leifson walk into a Norwegian lutefisk dinner, yes a Leifson. Of the four family names that make up the paternal side of the family tree, Leifson would have to be the least discussed. While proving a tricky nut to crack, a little . . . → Read More: A Mohn Genealogy: Leifson, Back to Norway, but not to Eidsvoll.  View Mohn Master Family Tree on Ancestry.com Eisdvoll/Eidsvold/Ejdsvold/Eisdwold…however you spell or vary it, this parish located approximately 50 km north of Oslo (or as previously known Christiania), Norway, is the bane of any family researcher trying to track relations from this area. Unfortunately, a fire in appx. 1877 destroyed the church records for the area prior to . . . → Read More: A Mohn Genealogy: Eidsvoll Norway, Why Must You Taunt Me So!  <<View Mohn Master Family Tree on Ancestry.com>> As anyone who has worked on a family tree will confirm, some branches are just more easily explored. Whether due to greater access to records or family history, those are usually the branches that get first attention. Call it the “low-hanging fruit” effect. For the longest time the closest branch . . . → Read More: A Mohn Genealogy: Those Pesky Danes 
Below is a link to the Weber-Wessels family tree of my wife Melisa’s family. This is a work in progress, so please feel free to contribute additional info you may have directly to me via email at eric@amohnthing.com. WARNING: This is a 30+ MB file, so it WILL take awhile to load on screen!!! http://amohnthing.com/mohnblog/pdfs/WeberFamilyTree2010_1e.pdf Also, visit the dedicated Weber-Wessels . . . → Read More: New Weber-Wessels Family Tree project! Announcing the return of: “So You Want To Be A Mohn: A Primer.” Drafted circa 1994 and long thought to be lost (see also “Atlantis”), “So You Want To Be A Mohn” has resurfaced with all the dash, splash, and guts associated with the mid-90s (see also “Soundgarden”). While the electronic format is no more, the paper-based format . . . → Read More: So You Want To Be A Mohn  I have been away from posting much lately since I have been working diligently to update the Family Tree Chart, which includes additional details, graphics and covers the various “cousin” families on all sides. Here is the link to the new tree. WARNING: The PDF in the link is scaled at 24″x48″ in size and is appx . . . → Read More: New Family Tree Chart (with Cousins)  Hey all. Well here it is, a MOHNblog for the sharing of all things from the mundane to the trivial (hmmmm…those could be the same thing). I am still experimenting with the tools and the design, so if you have any ideas of things you’d like to see or have seen elsewhere, drop a . . . → Read More: A MOHN blog…..yikes!!! |
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