GenTales
Alicia M PraterLineage and genealogy research
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 259 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 4 days ago |
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Natural Disasters and Family Stories - The Tornado Outbreak of 1894
I grew up hearing about a specific loss in the family. A devastating tornado that took the lives of Lincoln cousins in Minnesota [though my grandmother apparently got it wrong which cousin(s)]. I was scared of storms and it was, I think, me...
Pin It Aside #12 - Movies
I grew up during a time when a Friday evening visit to the local video store preceded a weekend when nothing major was planned. We’d scour the aisles looking for something entertaining - or in my mother’s case, something inadvertently cring...
What I’ve been up to so far in 2026 – Doom Searching, the Maertz Lineage, and DNA
So, I may have cracked the wall for the Maertz-William(s) and Demler-Hermann great-great-grands.
For what I’ve written about them previously, see the Volga tag.
In other news, the Lincoln lineage book is available in multiple forma...
Pin It Aside #11 - McDonald's
If you’d like to see the other videos and posts in this series, the archive is here. You can also buy me a coffee at this link.
GenTales is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free...
Documentation for My Paternal Grandparents: Alfred Prater (d. 1978) and Alice England (d. 2002)
Alfred Prater (d. 1978) and Alice England (d. 2002)
I’ve written before about my paternal grandparents, though mostly my grandmother because my grandfather died in 1978 and I never knew him.
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Medical science PhD who turned my research skills towards genealogy and lineage research. I've been involved in online publishing for over 25 years.
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