Michael and Magdalena Kempf, born the 1850s in Alsace Lorraine (my great-great-great grandparents)
my great grandmother Helen Margaret Bensoskey (changed to Benson) at school
my grandfather Ronald Davo Sr. in the Navy - he became an inventor!
My grandfather Donato Pasquale Battista Sr., born in Italy in 1920
about 10% of the Battista grandchildren 2009
I went out to Ohio on a last minute trip this weekend and met a small few of them. If you're interested in doing your own tree or working on a smaller scale with your older students, check these sites out. You'd be surprised what you can find with just a few names! They really will learn more than just about their families...both of my grandfathers fought in World War II, and many relatives worked on the railroad after coming here from Poland, Germany, Italy, and Ireland. We even have a Cherokee Indian whose father had a town named after him (Bono, Ohio).
www.myheritage.com - free site that allows you to start a simple tree and connect it with existing trees if you have a match; I love the Memory Picture Game - you get to know people's faces quickly! It also has statistic features that tells you everything from average age at death to number of children to most common name.
www.ancestry.com - must pay to use this site but it is worth it...I suggest you wait until you have exhausted all other options first before joining though
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp - site run by the Church of the Latter Day Saints - one of the best free sites out there!
http://news.google.com/archivesearch/advanced_search - Google News Archive allows you to check
newspaper articles; some require you to pay to see articles
http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ - Roots Web Social Security Death archive - no # needed
Click to download a simple tree template.
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