Category Archives: Family History

Irish Heritage

Posted on March 17, 2013 by vanbraman

Religion in Family History Since today is St. Patrick’s Day, I have been thinking about my Irish heritage. I have several branches of my family with Scotch-Irish ancestry. It is sometimes difficult to determine if an ancestor is Scottish or … Continue reading →

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The First Hamburger

Posted on February 26, 2013 by vanbraman

One of the wonderful things about searching through my Grandma’s scrapbooks are finding interesting articles that she saved. A while back I was looking through a 1956 scrapbook and ran across this headline. The First hamburger in Iowa? Wasn’t the … Continue reading →

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