Entries from March 2009

March 23, 2009

Aldo Vagnozzi, 1925-2009

I learned this morning that our beloved former State Representative, Aldo Vagnozzi, passed away last night. In a Lutheran church I attended as a child, the pastor’s announcement of someone’s death always ended with these words, “Rest well, good and faithful servant.” No comment better fits this moment. A complete obituary and funeral arrangements are [...]

March 7, 2009

Advanced Googling for genealogical purposes

I get the  most interesting e-mail: The Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan will present Advanced Googling for Genealogical Purposes with Pamela Buchstaber Smith at the Holocaust Memorial Center, Zekelman Family Campus, on Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. Pamela Buchstaber Smith is a daughter of Jewish Russian immigrant. For the past nine years she has been researching her family [...]