Those Places Thursday: Kline’s Mill & eBay

The Kline [Klein/Cline/Clyne] family has roots stretching back over 200 years in Frederick County, Virginia. My fifth-great-grandfather, John Jacob Klein (b. 23 Aug 1736 in Germany, d. 27 Aug 1816) came to Philadelphia in 1735.  He married Anna Eva Dusong (b. 6 Oct...

Matrilineal Monday: Grandmothers

This is one of my favorite family photos.  One of my cousins included the picture in a batch of old family photos she scanned. The picture is of my paternal great-grandmother, Mary Cantrell Morgan DeHaven, and my grandmother, Mildred Irene DeHaven Kline.  My...

Tuesday’s Tip: Google Found My Bean!

One set of my great-great-grandparents on my dad’s father’s side of the family were William Michael and Eva Ruth Anna Bean.  William was born 8/22/1846 and died 8/21/1928.  Eva was born 3/3/1847 and died 5/18/1928.  They were married 1/1/1869.  Their...

Beginnings and Grandmothers

Here at last!  The beginnings of a genealogy blog that I have been meaning to start keeping for some time.  Interest in my family’s genealogy began in high school when I got the standard US History homework assignment relating to family ancestors.  Filling in...