I recently accessed the website NomOrigine looking for information on the genealogy, meaning, and origin of the Dingman surname, my mother’s maiden name. The link for my search: https://en.nomorigine.com/origin-of-surname/dingman/ Screen shot of the NomOrigine Website. NOTE: A small fee is charged to create a report on the origins of a surname. What is the origin
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Tragedy in Orebro, Sweden
Sometime during the 1970s, I made a trip to Sweden as engineering editor of Foundry Magazine. One of the stops I made was at the iron foundry where Volvo made its engine castings. Another stop was at a training center in the city of Orebro in central Sweden. Today a New York Times news item
Read on »RIP NEOCAG
NEOCAG has been one of the genealogical groups that I have belonged to for several years. The acronym NEOCAG stands for Northeastern Ohio Computer Added Genealogy. NEOCAG held its last meeting on Saturday, 08 Jun 2024 (I am using the preferred genealogical date format, in case you are wondering). NEOCAG is merging into CAGG, which
Read on »Sisu Comments Two Days in a Row
Twice in two days people have commented on the Sisu sticker on the rear window of my Honda Odyssey. What a coincidence! Yesterday (25 May 2024) , a visitor at my neighbor’s said she had seen the movie Sisu produced in Finland. We discussed the various meanings of the Finnish word Sisu such as guts,
Read on »Doing Deed Research in Cuyahoga County from Home
Recently I became interested in learning the details of the sale of an empty lot near my home in Brecksville in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. When I became involved in genealogy nearly three decades ago, I visited the Cuyahoga County Recorder’s office in downtown Cleveland and did a bit research in the deed books. Later, the
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Researching My Connection to The Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia
A couple days ago, I asked the Chat feature of Microsoft Bing to write a short report on “Greenbrier Resort Through the Years,” Here is the result: “The Greenbrier Resort is a National Historic Landmark and world-class resort that has been welcoming guests from around the world since 17781. The resort is located in White
Read on »My Introduction to ChatGPT
Today, I was introduced to the power of ChatGPT by my grandson who is an IT professional. He is convinced that it is an important demonstration of the power of artificial intelligence (AI). “ He signed into it on his iPhone and asked me to suggest a question to ask. I suggested: “What is Pymatuning
Read on »New Online Databases Reveal WWII Cousin Casualties In Finland
OK, so the online databases I’m writing about aren’t brand new; they were just new to me. Finding them recently reminds me to check online from time to time for records of interest.Here’s the back story: In June of 2018, I visited Finland for the annual gathering of Finnish Americans known as FinnFest. It was
Read on »Searching for Ada in the 1950 Census
Ada Stokes was a good friend of my mother, Mary Jane Dingman Huskonen. For some reason, I became interested in trying to find Ada in the 1950 Census a couple months ago. This was more of a problem than I expected. It turns out I didn’t recollect her family name correctly. My other key fact
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