by Jeffrey Michael Kauffman | Jan 16, 2017 | Kauffman History
The photo above looks like any informal gathering at a local watering hole, but it represents several decades of genealogical research and serves as a potent indicator of just how linked we’ve all become in the age of the internet. That graying guy in the...
by Jeffrey Michael Kauffman | Jan 12, 2017 | Kauffman History
I haven’t yet gotten into my father’s amazing military career, but take just a moment to read this beautifully written, indeed virtually poetic, description of him by one of his World War II men: ==> Anyone wanting to know why I understandably idolized...
by Jeffrey Michael Kauffman | Jan 8, 2017 | Kauffman History
cialisThe days and weeks after October 11, 2015 were some of the most intense in our by now decades long search to unravel the mysteries of my Dad’s family. The second cousin who contacted me that day turned out to be a treasure trove of information on the...
by Jeffrey Michael Kauffman | Jan 2, 2017 | Kauffman History
Here are a couple of fun Kauffman facts: all of the Kauffman men in my Dad’s generation (meaning him and his two brothers) were left handed. That trait was passed down to me, with an added odd piece of trivia: my birthday is October 6, and both my...
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...
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)...
by Jeffrey Michael Kauffman | Nov 30, 2016 | Kauffman History
The Kauffman family history reads like something out of a Dickens novel, which is probably why I’m still expecting some random stranger to walk up to me and hand me several million dollars. In our particular case, there wasn’t just one abandoned orphan who went on to...
