Matt's Genealogy Blog

I've been wanting to visit Germany for a very long time. Ever since we discovered the baptismal records of my great-grandfather, Aloys P...

I'll likely put together a post about my recent trip to Germany. In the meantime, here is an article posted at Baden-Online . This site ...

I got word that my oldest cousin, Ken "Doc" Panther passed away this past Thursday. I always knew him as "Kenny". There...

I got news that my aunt Martha Rose Panther Dohman passed away this afternoon. Sadly, it was not a surprise. We had heard she had taken a tu...

If you look through my posts about my Dunzinger , Ziegelmüller and Seefried lines, you know that I've been looking forward to the Eich...

 I did a search for the town my great-grandfather Aloys Panther was born in and emigrated from when he came to America. I was surprised how ...

Wow! It's been a long time since I last posted. My excuses are many. Too busy. No new research happening. No new discoveries. No new too...

 Linda Stufflebean over at Empty Branches on the Family Tree followed Genea Musings Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Prompt . I'll join in....

First, a word of warning. If you cannot stand reading about controversial topics, unpleasant events, tragedy and death, I'll ask that yo...

It seemed as if spring would never get here this year. Finally, the weather is warm enough to enjoy some time outside and the trees and gras...

 I was doing some searches in Google Books to see if I could find any that contained mentions of my ancestors. With a surname like Panther, ...

 A few months ago, I posted about the undocumented Seefried ancestry I had discovered. When I made this discovery, I emailed a couple of pe...

I had heard that my third cousin once removed, Louis Menke, was on Groucho Marx's show You Bet Your Life several decades ago. That'...

In posts found here and here , I discussed discovering the name of the mother of my great-grandmother, Elizabeth Dunzinger Panther. It ends...

 My great-grandfather, Aloys Panther, and his wife Monica Hanle Panther, along with their oldest son, came to America from Baden in 1872. Wh...