Category Archives: Genealogy

Virtual Hike to Hillsdale County, Michigan

Posted on October 6, 2019 by vanbraman

The next destination on my Virtual Hike has another family connection. This segment of the Virtual Hike started in South Bend, Indiana where some of my Leeper cousins lived. The end point was Hillsdale County, Michigan where my 4th great … Continue reading →

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Big Amish ThruLines

Posted on October 1, 2019 by vanbraman

Amish families have historically been big, and this can be seen in DNA results on Ancestry. Ancestry used to have a feature called DNA Circles and I had some Big Amish DNA Circles. The DNA Circle for Henry Hochstetler has … Continue reading →

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