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...
by Jeffrey Michael Kauffman | Dec 4, 2016 | Kauffman History
As 2016 draws to a close, I look back on what is one of the more momentous years in my by now pretty long life, one that was capped in the summer when I flew to Toronto and met a ton of “new” relatives on my Dad’s side, including (rather incredibly)...
