Larry Kenyon
@kenyonia.bsky.social
Focusing this on genealogy research in U.S., Germany (Hesse, Eifel, Schwabia), Prussia (Posen), Switzerland (Bern), Sweden, England, Ireland, Scotland.
My great-grandfather lost three older brothers in 10 days in Sweden in 1857 from dysentery. The church book recorded 78 consecutive deaths from this that late summer and fall! kenyonia.blogspot.com/2023/09/35-d...
35 – Disaster
The first death came on the 27th of August: 3-year-old Johanna Mathilda Isacsdotter died of Rödsot, characterized by stomach cramps, diarrhe...
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December 22, 2024 at 5:52 PM
My great-grandfather lost three older brothers in 10 days in Sweden in 1857 from dysentery. The church book recorded 78 consecutive deaths from this that late summer and fall! kenyonia.blogspot.com/2023/09/35-d...
My uncle, Harry Kenyon, lieutenant in the 513th PIR, battlefield promotion to captain, 17th Airborne. The regiment had heavy casualties, Harry got hit in the shoulder, was still wearing a bandage when he parachuted into Germany 3 months later in Operation Varsity, shot and killed that day.
December 17, 2024 at 1:20 AM
My uncle, Harry Kenyon, lieutenant in the 513th PIR, battlefield promotion to captain, 17th Airborne. The regiment had heavy casualties, Harry got hit in the shoulder, was still wearing a bandage when he parachuted into Germany 3 months later in Operation Varsity, shot and killed that day.
Nice article. Trying ChatGPT out this year. Most useful: creating source citations, feedback on essays, getting unstuck, creating summaries, books for grandkids. Not useful: when it creates “new facts” in its writing suggestions, ok if I were interested in historical fiction, not genealogy :-)
November 24, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Nice article. Trying ChatGPT out this year. Most useful: creating source citations, feedback on essays, getting unstuck, creating summaries, books for grandkids. Not useful: when it creates “new facts” in its writing suggestions, ok if I were interested in historical fiction, not genealogy :-)