It is hard to believe that it is 2010 already! I can't say where 2009 went as far as my genealogy work is concerned, but a lot of it went to organizing and storing material properly. It was very good to reconnect with James and Judy as a result of James asking for a family reunion photo. We are using GENI and MyHeritage to stay in touch with each other and expand our family tree data, which has grown notably as they have added their children and the spouses to the tree. In fact, that has caused the tree to grow so rapidly that I have not yet added all of the new data to my master database, a pressing job for 2010!
I have not really made any progress of note on my grandfather, Henry (sometimes called Heinrich) MICHEL (also known for a brief period as MICHAEL during his life) . My best bet for his place of birth remains Reichenau (on the shores of Lake Constance) in germany, near the Swiss border. This is somewhat consistent with family lore which is "near Strasbourg". I am not quite sure that 120 miles was "close" in the 1850's, but maybe in Europe the roads were good enough by then to make it considered close
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