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The "Homeplace" of George A. Roberts and Ella V. Daniel, Jasper County, Iowa. Image taken circa 1900 and hand colored. — The “Homeplace” of George A. Roberts and Ella V. Daniel, Jasper County, Iowa. Image taken circa 1900 and hand colored. Two of the barns are still standing.

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“Heritage Ramblings” are the interesting people, places, events, and topics we have found on our journey climbing our family tree.

We hope this blog is a good way to share our family stories with those far and near, and a way to get all the generations to know, talk about, and understand their rich heritage. Genealogy is so much more than just names and dates- it’s the stories that help us all connect through time.

Of course, we also hope this blog will be “cousin bait”! If you are related to these families, we would really love to hear from you and share even more information than possible to include on the blog. Use our “Contact Us” button to send us an email.

Please check back frequently to see our latest posts, or sign up using the subscribe box on the right. We don’t know how frequently we will be posting, as each time one starts to write a story, it seems there is more to research to fill in the holes. Hopefully, though, we can stop researching and tell the stories on a regular basis!

We hope to share the heritage stories of the following families:

Aiken
Alexander
Beerbower
Benjamin
Brandenburger
Broida
Cooper
Daniel(s)
Goodson
Green
Lee
Helbling
Honts/Honce/Johns
Murrell
Roberts
Payne
Seitz/Sitze/Sitzes
Springsteen
Underwood
Whitener/Widener

and of course, all sorts of creative spelling variations of these names!

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