by Jeffrey Michael Kauffman | Dec 31, 2016 | Kauffman History
A.J. Jacobs is a best selling author probably best known for The Year of Living Biblically, though his Global Family Reunion initiative may provide more of a clue as to how he figures into this ongoing tale of uncovering my Dad’s history. However, Jacobs is...
by Jeffrey Michael Kauffman | Dec 23, 2016 | Kauffman History
Due to the vagaries of the intersections between solar and lunar calendars, 2016 finds Christmas Eve sharing “religious duties” with the first night of Chanukkah, something that appeals to my multicultural sensibilities for reasons this blog may have...
by Jeffrey Michael Kauffman | Dec 17, 2016 | Kauffman History
In some ways, the discovery of the Kauffmans’ history is an adjunct to the rise of the internet, for without the databases that sites like Ancestry started uploading in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, a lot of salient information would have never been...
by Jeffrey Michael Kauffman | Dec 14, 2016 | Kauffman History
Some of you may have noticed that in my first post I neglected to mention what ultimately happened to my late Aunt Kay as I was documenting the triumphs and tragedies of the Kauffman males. Kay reportedly had the rockiest stay in foster care, and unfortunately she...
by Jeffrey Michael Kauffman | Dec 12, 2016 | Kauffman History
My sister Kathie discovered our first real paper documentation about my Dad’s family probably circa 1993 or so. It may seem like a “minor” issue to find birth and marriage certificates, but in a largely pre-internet era, it was really quite a feat...