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April 5, 2026-Corrected Harold William Henry Tourjee genealogy to show Ethel Lucy Tourjee as a sibling.
September 12, 2025-Added feature, Family Members Who Have Worn the Uniform and Served. Added to each family groups Stories. Please use the Contact Page to identify other family members who have served, including when and in what service. If there is a photo of them in uniform available, please send that as well.
September 12, 2025-Added article, Tourjee Family History-1600s to Present-Frances Virginia Tourjee Murphy’s Ancestors in Murphy Stories
June 5, 2025-Added article, The Scotch-Irish Elliotts, ancestors of Mae McIntyre Elliott Lindeman in Lindeman Stories.
June 1, 2025-Added Acknowledgements page on About page.
June 1, 2025-Updated photo of Lindeman-Rothchild family gathering with updated caption. Contributed by Lori Cooper Smith.
June 1, 2025-Added chart which shows the descendants of Benjamin Rothchild and Caroline Kurtz Rothchild, that includes daughter Miriam “Mary” Rothchild Okes and her siblings. Contributed by Lori Cooper Smith.
May 3, 2025-William Henry Percy Shields (1808-1878) Obituary
with Commentary by William Rosenthal added to Lindeman Stories
April 22, 2025-A story, “Fallen Soldier” about David Abraham Okes by Ellen Notbohm added to Lindeman Stories
April 19, 2025-Invocation added to theme pages. A poem by David Rosenthal, “To The Person Who Will Be The Last To Speak My Name”. Originally appeared in Measure Review. Epigraph by David Eagleman, “Metamorphosis,” Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives: “
April 19, 2025-Four photos added to Rosenthal Generations
April 18, 2025-Growing Up William Rosenthal: The 1940s-A Decade of War—Cincinnati and Arizona-My Life in Pictures added to Rosenthal Stories
April 15, 2025-Photo contributed by Johanna Schwarz Franke added Lindeman Generations
April 9, 2025-Photos added to Lindeman Generations and Sid and Mae Lindeman Children.
April 3, 2025-Simon Murphy’s Story (1858-1894) by Carol Murphy with Kate Murphy added to Muphy Stories.
March 26, 2025-Additons and date corrections to John Murphy Family Tree.
March 21, 2025-Corrected entries in Betsy Lindeman Rosenthal Family Tree and Gustave Lindeman and Henrietta Okes Lindeman story by June Price.
March 19, 2025-Add photo of Mae Elliott Lindeman, age 2 to her story and photo gallery. Photo provided by Nelson Calisch.
Added California State University, East Bay, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences-The First 50 Years-1970 to 2020 to Rosenthal Links Page.
March 18, 2025-Revised and corrected errors and added documents to A Brief History of the Rosenthal and Meis Family.
Added and corrected entries for Robert Rosenthal Family Tree
March 12, 2025-Slight revisions to John Murphy Family Tree and addition of Murphy Family Tree Extended to 1761 with Explanations and Expansion Showing Children
February 26, 2025-Added “Milk Run”, a fictional short story by Steve Rosenthal based on an experience told by his grandfather, Robert Rosenthal, that occurred during his Navy service in the Philippines during WWII. Added to Rosenthal Stories.
February 25, 2025-Corrections and additions to Lindeman Genealogy from June Price.
February 10, 2025-Added “Descendants of Gustav and Henrietta Lindeman” to Lindeman-Elliott-Shields Family Tree page.
February 4, 2025-Added “Story of Josephine and Hermene Schwarz-The World of Dance” to Lindeman Stories
February 3, 2025-Added “The Story of Seeley Caro Lindeman (1879-1976)” to Lindeman Stories
February 2, 2025-Added “The Story of Gustav Lindeman (1845-1927) and Henrietta Okes Lindeman (1844-1925)” to Lindeman Stories.
February 1, 2025-Added three items to Lindeman Stories, including the “Morris Letters”
January 31, 2025-Added “Trigger Warning” to Cautionary Note-Caveat Lector and Trigger Warning
January 26, 2025-Rosenthal-Meis Family History revised to include information about additional family members.
December 27, 2024-Added Transcript of Oral History by Edith Lindeman Calisch
December 23, 2024-Rosenthal-Meis Family History updated and revised based on marriage, death, and census documents
December 23, 2024-Robert Rosenthal Family Tree revised and updated based on marriage, death, and census documents
November 30, 2024-No major additions planned until after December 18, 2024
November 29, 2024-Added, List Format Genealogy-Descendants of Nancy -Ann- O’Bannon McIntyre (See Lindeman Family Tree)
November 29, 2024-Added, In Her Own Words-Mae Elliott Lindeman’s Reminiscence of Her Childhood on a Farm in Missouri (See Lindeman Stories)
November 26, 2024-Privacy Policy added
November 17, 2024-No new additions or features since this date
Ocbober 12, 2024-The site was inaugurated