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photo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-10-05T12:38:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2023/09/28/right-here-waiting/</loc><lastmod>2023-09-28T20:23:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2019/02/14/a-valentine-for-the-last-heretic-burned-at-the-stake/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1280px-witch-scene4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1280px-witch-scene4</image:title><image:caption>By Jan Luyken - Cl Roger-Viollet, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3750406</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-23T14:16:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2019/10/02/jewish-cemeteries-of-burgenland-and-the-bucklige-welt/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/two-tombstones-in-kobersdorf-jewish-cemetery.jpg</image:loc><image:title>two tombstones in Kobersdorf Jewish Cemetery</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/bucklige-welt-and-burgenland-austria.png</image:loc><image:title>Bucklige Welt and Burgenland Austria</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1057291342-by-mark-dufresne.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wall made of old tombstones in Jewish cemetery in Kazimierz neighborhood Krakow Poland during summer day</image:title><image:caption>(iStock/Marc Dufresne)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20190404_industrialized-austria.jpg</image:loc><image:title>_20190404_Industrialized Austria</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_20190406_102030.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20190406_102030</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-10-06T06:45:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/unsolved-histories/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/unknown-possibly-williams-and-young-man-with-moustache-possibly-jordan-pennsylvania-probably-potter-county.jpg</image:loc><image:title>UNKNOWN possibly WILLIAMS, and young man with moustache, possibly JORDAN, Pennsylvania, probably Potter 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1</image:title><image:caption>Mom was five years old when the holocaust ended.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dorothea-anne-and-martha.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Mom is the little one in the middle.  The sister closest to her in age was ten years her senior.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-07-25T01:55:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2014/10/27/death-it-runs-in-the-family/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/wyckoff-sneideker-family-cemetery-nj.png</image:loc><image:title>Wyckoff Sneideker family cemetery NJ</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/flatbush-dutch-reformed-church-and-graveyard.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church and graveyard</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-07-17T22:20:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2015/01/03/a-renewed-tribute-to-tante-rosa/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/tante-rosa.png</image:loc><image:title>Tante Rosa</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dachau-arbeit-59-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dachau-arbeit-59.4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/helene-daniel-boe-1939.png</image:loc><image:title>Helene Daniel Boe 1939</image:title><image:caption>Bremen--the ship that carried Tante Leni to safety in August of 1939.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/star-of-david-holocaust.jpg</image:loc><image:title>star of david holocaust</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/wimpassing-in-schwarzatalle.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wimpassing in Schwarzatalle</image:title><image:caption>The family property is located in building to the right. (Those are probably family members in the doorways.)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014-08-12-15-23-48.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2014-08-12 15.23.48</image:title><image:caption>Rosa Daniel as a child</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/maly-trostenets.png</image:loc><image:title>Maly Trostenets</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/rosa-daniel-death-record.png</image:loc><image:title>Rosa Daniel Death record</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-11T20:47:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2019/02/27/enter-rain-man/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/30411854_1992260677481604_2670819232559661056_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>30411854_1992260677481604_2670819232559661056_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/shhhlibrarian_round_car_magnet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>shhhlibrarian_round_car_magnet</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-12-21T02:21:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2019/02/20/the-village-idiot-monsters-and-other-misused-terms/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/65171.png</image:loc><image:title>65171</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/me-at-least-music-doesnt-insult-me-music-ritard-q6qpw.jpg</image:loc><image:title>me-at-least-music-doesnt-insult-me-music-ritard-q6qpw</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/giphy.gif</image:loc><image:title>giphy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/25-star-wars-quotes-obi-wan-kenobi-identification-tall.jpg</image:loc><image:title>25-star-wars-quotes-obi-wan-kenobi-identification-tall</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/8a2375c59e60ac36bd79880e32f2a71a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8a2375c59e60ac36bd79880e32f2a71a</image:title><image:caption>Vintage postcard I found on Pinterest. Year unknown. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/gay-definition.png</image:loc><image:title>gay definition</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-24T03:49:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/cousin-connection/eynon-eyenon-mary/</loc><lastmod>2019-03-01T02:45:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/cousin-connection/wyckoff-wykoff-wikoff-auke-aukey-1748-1820-monmouth-co-nj/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/polhemus-tobias-and-wykoff-aucke-friendship1820.jpg</image:loc><image:title>POLHEMUS Tobias and WYKOFF Aucke friendship1820</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/auke-wikoff-ancestry-comparison.png</image:loc><image:title>Auke Wikoff Ancestry comparison</image:title><image:caption>I have the name spelled differently in my tree, and place his birth in New York. A map search reveals a Freehold in New York and in New Jersey, but many accounts have listed completely different townships in either state.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/john-hulbert-flag.jpg</image:loc><image:title>John Hulbert Flag</image:title><image:caption>The "Hulbert Flag'" which may have flown over Ft. Ticonderoga during the Jersey Grey's encampment there. This particular flag was likely the first model for the American "Stars and Stripes."</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/wykoff-aucke-tombstone.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WYKOFF Aucke tombstone</image:title><image:caption>"In memory of, Col. Auke Wikoff who departed this life April 26th, 1830, in his 72nd year of age."</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/jersey-greys-uniform.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jersey Greys Uniform</image:title><image:caption>The grey color of the regiment's frock coats resulted in the nickname 'Jersey Greys." Updated uniforms were later issued, at which time the group became known as the "Jersey Blues." http://www.jerseygreys.org/history.html </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sugar-house-prison-window-www-atlasobscura-com.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sugar house prison window www.atlasobscura.com</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ny-sugar-house-prison.jpg</image:loc><image:title>NY sugar house prison</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sugar-house-prison-window-www-atlasobscura-com-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sugar house prison window www.atlasobscura.com 1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-02-20T20:06:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2019/02/04/where-is-the-love/</loc><lastmod>2019-04-23T00:48:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2019/01/07/2019-meeting-of-the-board/</loc><lastmod>2019-02-04T18:51:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2018/10/31/the-tomb-of-rabbi-loew/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/tomb-of-judah-loew1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tomb-of-judah-loew1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/220px-prague-golem-reproduction.jpg</image:loc><image:title>220px-Prague-golem-reproduction</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/tomb-of-judah-loew.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tomb of Judah Loew</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-01-22T00:31:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2018/11/03/pittsburgh/</loc><lastmod>2019-01-22T00:28:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2019/01/21/american-slavery-in-kentucky/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/slavery-days-in-old-kentucky-by-isaac-johnson.-ogdensburg-n.y.-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>slavery days in old kentucky, by isaac johnson. ogdensburg, n.y.</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-02-09T22:45:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2018/11/05/november-newsletter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/food-salad-healthy-vegetables.jpg</image:loc><image:title>food-salad-healthy-vegetables</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/achievement-arts-and-crafts-business-951236.jpg</image:loc><image:title>achievement-arts-and-crafts-business-951236</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/nobody-s-perfect-e1541431750513.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nobody-s-perfect</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/aged-antique-classic-429246.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aged-antique-classic-429246</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/blogging.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>blogging</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-01-07T23:38:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2018/12/17/no-christmas-tree/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/peppermint-tree.jpg</image:loc><image:title>peppermint tree</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-01-07T23:34:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2018/12/22/no-christmas-tree-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/view-from-Oquirrh-Mountains.png</image:loc><image:title>view from Oquirrh Mountains</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Screenshot-128.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot (128)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/transistor-radio-car-battery-e1545506478945.jpg</image:loc><image:title>transistor radio car battery</image:title><image:caption>My favorite present that Christmas was a radio that looked like a car battery.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Stollen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stollen</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-01-06T21:32:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2018/12/23/no-christmas-tree-3/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/BHS-Copperton-by-Scott-Crump.jpg</image:loc><image:title>BHS Copperton by Scott Crump</image:title><image:caption>The Old Bingham High School was torn down in 2002. Photo by Scott Crump.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/The-Moulton-Home.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Moulton Home</image:title><image:caption>From my childhood imagination, I remember the Moulton's house as the most beautiful in town. Mom tells me it was Edna Moulton's immaculate landscaping.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-01-06T21:29:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2018/12/27/no-christmas-tree-4/</loc><lastmod>2019-01-05T16:16:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2018/12/24/grandma-stanciks-slovak-christmas-eve/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Anna-Vitek-holding-her-granddaughter-Gloria-Simo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Anna Vitek holding her granddaughter, Gloria Simo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/a-Slovak-Christmas-Eve.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a Slovak Christmas Eve</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-12-26T03:32:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2018/12/03/ready-to-launch-no-excuses/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/menorrah-candles-897776_640.jpg</image:loc><image:title>menorrah candles-897776_640</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-12-18T01:48:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2018/12/05/yaateeh-brody-it-is-good/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/brody-and-rozy-e1543987846863.jpg</image:loc><image:title>brody and rozy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jones_surname_distribution_map_in_britain_ireland_and_mann.png</image:loc><image:title>Jones_surname_distribution_map_in_Britain,_Ireland_and_Mann</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-12-06T14:41:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2014/12/17/a-new-branch-on-my-family-tree/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/brody-nicu-swing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Brody NICU swing</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/braden-mylina-brody.jpg</image:loc><image:title>braden, mylina, brody</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-12-05T03:28:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/cousin-connection/abeles-rudolf-c-1835-austria-hungary/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/bratislava-political-timeline-from-wikipedia.png</image:loc><image:title>Bratislava political timeline from Wikipedia</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/pitten-bahnhofstrac39fe-107-date-of-the-picture-approx-1900-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pitten Bahnhofstraße 107 date of the picture approx. 1900 (1)</image:title><image:caption>The home where Rudolf lived for most of his adult life. Courtesy of Ruth Contreras</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ashkenazic-naming-tradition-example-slide-8-given-names-jewishgen-org.gif</image:loc><image:title>Ashkenazic Naming Tradition example, slide 8, Given Names, jewishgen.org</image:title><image:caption>Named after recently deceased relative.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/double-names-example-slide16-given-names-jewishgen-org.gif</image:loc><image:title>Double names example, slide16, Given Names, jewishgen.org</image:title><image:caption>Two "first" names, interchangeable, used separately or together.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/name-differences-example-slide47-given-names-jewishgen-org.gif</image:loc><image:title>Name differences example, slide47, Given Names, jewishgen.org</image:title><image:caption>Same person, different names according to purpose of document.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/austria-hungary-1914-encyclopc3a6dia-britannica.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Austria-Hungary, 1914. Encyclopædia Britannica</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/800px-pitten_burg_und_bergkirche.jpg</image:loc><image:title>800px-Pitten_Burg_und_Bergkirche</image:title><image:caption>Pitten, Austria. Photo by Wolfgang Glock. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1024px-pozsony.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1024px-Pozsony</image:title><image:caption>Pressburg/Pozsony Austria-Hungary as it appeared in Rudolf's lifetime. Today it is Bratislava, Slovakia. https://www.flickr.com/photos/fdctsevilla/5017293072/in/photostream</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-12-01T16:55:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2014/10/09/this-cemetery-tells-its-own-stories/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/thorn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Thorn</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/blackhawk2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blackhawk2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/blakhawk1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blakhawk1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/family.jpg</image:loc><image:title>family</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/springville-wide1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Springville wide1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/po-front-side-1860-e1412870092385.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/po-18something-e1412869916426.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PO 18something</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sarah-elizabeth-lewis-davis-e1412869588458.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sarah Elizabeth Lewis Davis</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sarah-elizabeth-davis.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sarah Elizabeth Davis</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/aaron-johnson-springville.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Aaron Johnson Springville</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-25T05:51:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2014/10/01/october-is-graveyard-month/</loc><lastmod>2018-11-25T05:46:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2014/09/26/who-is-she/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/just-me.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Same eyes, same nose, same smile, same tilt of the head. Even the same eyebrows!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/10398823_13317601919_9632_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>10398823_13317601919_9632_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/rosa-or-sommer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rosa or sommer</image:title><image:caption>She is either Rosa or Sommer (or Hermine?)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-25T05:40:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2014/09/11/why-grandma-cried-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/wimpassing-in-schwarzatalle.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wimpassing in Schwarzatalle</image:title><image:caption>Grandma and her sisters owned and ran a store from the building on the far right.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/left-to-right-giselle-helene-rosa-anni-sommer.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/josephine-daniel-ship-registry-to-new-york-1923.png</image:loc><image:title>Josephine Daniel Ship registry to New York 1923</image:title><image:caption>Grandma arrived at Ellis Island 14 Sept. 1923</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-25T05:38:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2014/08/27/whats-in-a-surname/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/kwiatkowo-map.gif</image:loc><image:title>Kwiatkowo-map</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bacon-roses.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bacon roses</image:title><image:caption>http://notjustbakin.com/2014/02/01/bacon-roses/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-25T05:34:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2014/08/06/what-i-found-in-plain-city/</loc><lastmod>2018-11-25T05:30:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2014/08/13/what-happened-to-the-skeen-family/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/skeen-family.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Skeen Family</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/unnamed1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unnamed</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/tn_pesthouse1colinrobinson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tn_PestHouse1ColinRobinson</image:title><image:caption>A pest house in England. http://www.deddington.org.uk/history/buildings/pesthouse</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/smallpox-150x150.jpg</image:loc><image:title>smallpox-150x150</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mary-davis-skeen-family.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mary Davis Skeen family</image:title><image:caption>Mary Davis Skeen and children born after the tragedy. courtesy of Ancestry.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/caroline-smart-smith-skeen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Caroline Smart Smith Skeen</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-1-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 1 (3)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/unnamed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unnamed</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/william_dolby_skeen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>William_Dolby_Skeen</image:title><image:caption>Photo courtesy of Ancestry.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-11-14T22:43:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2018/11/21/on-thanks/</loc><lastmod>2018-11-25T05:07:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2018/11/16/when-a-navajo-introduces-herself-she-gives-her-genealogy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/700px-navajo_flag-svg.png</image:loc><image:title>700px-Navajo_flag.svg</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-21T16:07:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2018/11/14/keeping-up-with-the-benjamin-joneses/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/organization-by-date-and-surname.png</image:loc><image:title>organization by date and surname</image:title><image:caption>KNIGHT file. Documents are organized by year, month, day, SURNAME, given name, and middle name or initial. Other relevant information follows date and name.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/jones-surname-distribution-map-wales.png</image:loc><image:title>Jones surname distribution map Wales</image:title><image:caption>Each occurrence of the Jones surname is indicated by a red dot. 
Image by Barry Griffin at http://www.celticfamilymaps.com (2016)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1350-changing-dutch-surnames.png</image:loc><image:title>1350 changing Dutch surnames</image:title><image:caption>I haven't figured out where the van Beveren name came from, but each surname changes by generation, based on the name of the father. It would be safe to assume that the senior Willem Danielsz's father was named Daniel.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1290-van-der-haer-no-known-mothers.png</image:loc><image:title>1290 VAN DER HAER no known mothers</image:title><image:caption>Researcher entered "Mrs." and the father's name in lieu of missing mother's name.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1503-barton-wives-with-no-names.png</image:loc><image:title>1503 BARTON wives with no names</image:title><image:caption>Researcher entered father's surname in lieu of missing name.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-16T18:26:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2018/11/09/the-story-of-a-house-as-told-in-facebook-comments/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/lark-in-green-bay-press-gazette.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lark in Green Bay Press Gazette</image:title><image:caption>Article from Green Bay Press Gazzette, Green Bay, Wisconsin,  29 Dec 1978,  Main Edition, Page 22. Found on Newspapers.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/where-we-left-off.png</image:loc><image:title>where we left off</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/reconnecting.png</image:loc><image:title>reconnecting</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/telling-stories-e1541769275377.png</image:loc><image:title>telling stories</image:title><image:caption>Mr. Moulton's first name was Bob. There are probably a few other slight inaccuracies, but that's how we remembered it.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/remembering-21.png</image:loc><image:title>Remembering 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/lark-house1.png</image:loc><image:title>Lark house1</image:title><image:caption>People were remembering.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-16T15:41:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2017/09/13/my-cousin-married-my-cousin/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/kathy-cousin-chart.png</image:loc><image:title>Kathy Cousin Chart</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/chuck-cousin-chart.png</image:loc><image:title>Chuck cousin chart</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/chuck-and-kathy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chuck and Kathy</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-04T23:44:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2017/10/02/cemetery-month-2017/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/bernie-kubiak-graveyard.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bernie Kubiak Graveyard</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-03T01:04:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2015/12/28/traditional-christmas-eve-in-poland-wigilia-w-polsce-tradycje/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/pexels-photo-253342.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>pexels-photo-253342</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/christmas-crib-figures-1060026_960_7201.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christmas-crib-figures-1060026_960_720[1]</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/candle-83148_960_7201.jpg</image:loc><image:title>candle-83148_960_720[1]</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-03T00:31:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2015/01/16/know-your-groups/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/black-and-white-circle-elderly-1266005.jpg</image:loc><image:title>black-and-white-circle-elderly-1266005</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-02T23:59:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2018/01/11/life-gets-in-the-way/</loc><lastmod>2018-11-02T18:48:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2014/10/08/post-postponed/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-04T18:34:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2018/10/25/tombstones-dont-grow-on-trees/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/headless-angel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>headless angel</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/korean-war-memorial-and-cinci-skyline-9-7-18.jpg</image:loc><image:title>korean war memorial and cinci skyline 9.7.18</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/civil-war-faceoff.jpg</image:loc><image:title>civil war faceoff</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/curious-little-girl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>curious little girl</image:title><image:caption>My granddaughter was fascinated by the tombstones.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/tombstone-in-tree.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tombstone in tree</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-02-01T23:27:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2018/10/10/a-tale-of-two-cemeteries/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/faith-in-every-footstep-sons-of-utah-pioneers1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>faith in every footstep. Sons of Utah Pioneers</image:title><image:caption>Utah pioneer grave marker courtesy of Sons of Utah Pioneers</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/wm-skeen-tombstone-close-up.png</image:loc><image:title>wm skeen tombstone close-up</image:title><image:caption>William Skeen family memorial</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-14T13:32:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2018/10/02/dead-nations-rising-one-citizen-at-a-time/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/pitten-stumbling-blocks.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pitten Stumbling Blocks</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/rosa-rebkka-abeles-stumbling-block.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rosa Rebkka Abeles Stumbling block</image:title><image:caption>photo by Steindy, Wikimedia commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ft_15-02-04_jewseurope200px-e1538230784823.png</image:loc><image:title>FT_15.02.04_JewsEurope200px</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-03T17:50:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2018/10/03/northern-kentucky-family-history-conference-2018/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/nkyfhc.png</image:loc><image:title>NKYFHC</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-nky-fh-conference-e1538570373139.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2018 NKY FH Conference</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-03T13:58:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2018/09/11/and-im-back/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/back-at-work.jpg</image:loc><image:title>back at work</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-09-12T01:05:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/cousin-connection/the-cousin-finder/</loc><lastmod>2018-02-02T21:25:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2018/01/27/light-housekeeping-before-major-renovation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/curses-foiled-again1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>curses, foiled again</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-01-26T22:18:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2017/11/16/unknown-family-members-identified/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/daniel-franziska-tombstone.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DANIEL Franziska tombstone</image:title><image:caption>The tombstone, finally identified.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/abeles-franziska-c-1895.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ABELES Franziska c. 1895</image:title><image:caption>My great-grandmother, Franziska "Fanny" Abeles Daniel</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/off-the-air.png</image:loc><image:title>off the air</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/breaking-news.jpg</image:loc><image:title>breaking news</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/please-stand-by.jpg</image:loc><image:title>please stand by</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-01-17T14:36:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2018/01/15/family-xenophobia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/mixed-race-marriage-e1516039402601.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mixed race marriage</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/public-school-number-2-olean.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Public School number 2 Olean</image:title><image:caption>Public School no.2 in Olean.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ivers-j-norton-elementary-school-olean-new-york.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ivers J Norton Elementary School Olean New York</image:title><image:caption>Public School no 10 in Olean. Both photos are as they probably appeared in the years when Dad attended Public School no. 7 in the 1940s</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-01-17T15:06:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2017/12/31/cousin-connection-6-hau%ca%bboli-makahiki-hou-happy-new-year/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/koa-walking-staff-and-traditional-island-weapons-by-ski-kwiatkowski.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Koa walking staff and traditional island weapons by Ski Kwiatkowski</image:title><image:caption>Koa walking staff and traditional island weapons made by Ski Kwiatkowski.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/tod-and-ski-cousin-connection.png</image:loc><image:title>Tod and Ski cousin connection</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/leo-m-kwiatkowski-honolulu-police-and-bernard-kwiatkowski-sgt-army-air-corps-c1940.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leo M. Kwiatkowski Honolulu Police and Bernard Kwiatkowski Sgt. Army Air Corps c1940</image:title><image:caption>Leo M. Kwiatkowski and his younger brother, Bernard Kwiatkowski c. 1940-1941. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ukulele-by-ski.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ukulele by Ski</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hawaii-kwiatkowskis-c1952.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hawaii Kwiatkowskis c1952</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/catherine-ku_uleilani-guerreiro-and-leo-michael-kwiatkowski.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Catherine Ku_uleilani Guerreiro and Leo Michael Kwiatkowski</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-31T00:35:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2017/12/12/a-great-miracle-happened-here/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/screenshot-40.png</image:loc><image:title>Ruth Contreras Home and Family</image:title><image:caption>A more detailed biography of Ruth Contreras along with a photograph of her family's home in Pitten.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/rc-portrait.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rc portrait</image:title><image:caption>Ruth Contreras, the lovely woman who would not give up her search until we were found. (Photo Courtesy of Ruth Contreras).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/nun-gimmel-hei-shin.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nun gimmel hei shin</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/day-1-hanukkah-2016-e1513091209306.jpg</image:loc><image:title>day-1-hanukkah 2016</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-06T19:41:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2017/12/02/updates-and-ready-for-the-new-year/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/kentucky.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kentucky</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/stone-fences-ky-e1512238218682.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stone fences KY</image:title><image:caption>Just one example of Kentucky's historical stone fences. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/fall-in-the-bucklige-welt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fall in the Bucklige Welt</image:title><image:caption>Bucklige Welt, "Land of 1,000 Hills," Austria https://www.immobilienscout24.at</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-12-06T18:24:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2017/10/31/cousin-connection-5-family-lost-and-found/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/petes-gonzales-grandparents1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pete's Gonzales grandparents</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/chicago-looking-west-down-roosevelt-toward-holy-family-church1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chicago Looking West down Roosevelt toward Holy Family Church</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/petes-gonzales-grandparents.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pete's Gonzales grandparents</image:title><image:caption>Gonzales grandparents</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/chicago-looking-west-down-roosevelt-toward-holy-family-church.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chicago Looking West down Roosevelt toward Holy Family Church</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/petes-mother-4-years-old-1938.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pete's Mother 4 years old 1938</image:title><image:caption>Pete's mother abt. 4 years old</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/pete-at-15.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pete at 15</image:title><image:caption>Pete at 15</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-31T19:34:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2017/10/25/3-graves-2-poems-1-ghost-story/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cardiff_giant_from-google-image-search.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cardiff_Giant_from Google image search</image:title><image:caption>https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cardiff_Giant_2.jpg</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/twain_dsf9506.jpg</image:loc><image:title>twain_DSF9506</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lax_mg_3700.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lax_MG_3700</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dickinson_mg_9782.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dickinson_MG_9782</image:title><image:caption>Emily Dickinson tombstone, West Cemetery, Amherst MA Photographed by  Bernie Kubiak</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-24T20:20:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2017/10/19/cousin-connection-4-evidence-from-the-grave/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/diedre-5th-cousin-once-removed1.png</image:loc><image:title>Diedre 5th cousin once removed</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/eleanor-haskins-tombstone-fixed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Eleanor Haskins tombstone fixed</image:title><image:caption>Insription: ELENOR, Wife of Charles Haskins, died Jan. 11, 1873  aged 40 yrs</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/eleanor-haskins-tombstone.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Eleanor Haskins tombstone</image:title><image:caption>https://new.findagrave.com/memorial/108388262/Elenor-Haskins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-20T15:30:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2017/10/11/about-the-photographer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/st-bonas-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>st bonas 1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/st-bonas-2-b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>st bonas 2 b</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-12T03:03:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2017/10/09/northern-kentucky-family-history-conference/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sign-up1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sign up</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/displays-and-exhibitors.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Displays and Exhibitors</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/schedule.jpg</image:loc><image:title>schedule</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sign-up.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sign up</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/brochure-front-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>brochure front cover</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/handout-card.jpg</image:loc><image:title>handout card</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-09T16:14:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2017/10/05/st-bonaventure-cemetery-allegheny-ny/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/st-bonas-bernie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>st bonas Bernie</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/st-bonas-kwiatkowski.jpg</image:loc><image:title>st bonas kwiatkowski</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/st-bonas-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>st bonas 3</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-10-05T23:04:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2017/09/28/cousin-connect-3-john-woodgie/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/skala-sophie-and.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Skala Sophie and</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/john-woodgie-second-cousin-once-removed.png</image:loc><image:title>John Woodgie Second cousin once removed</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/joe-and-three-sons.jpg</image:loc><image:title>John, Louis, Sonny and Dad (Joe)</image:title><image:caption>John, Louis, Sonny and Dad (Joe)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-29T00:34:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2017/09/20/are-you-my-cousin/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/in-search-of-myself.jpg</image:loc><image:title>in search of myself</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-22T10:06:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2014/10/16/the-red-cemetery-of-west-weber/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/red-cemetery-and-sky.jpg</image:loc><image:title>red cemetery and sky</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/red-cemetery-brown-single.jpg</image:loc><image:title>red cemetery brown single</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/red-cemetery-and-mountains.jpg</image:loc><image:title>red cemetery and mountains</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/red-cemetery-almost-brown-close.jpg</image:loc><image:title>red cemetery almost brown close</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/red-cemetery-almost-brown-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>red cemetery almost brown 1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/red-cemetery-and-mountains-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>red cemetery and mountains 1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-22T02:28:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2014/11/05/im-thankful-for-geneabloggers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/alice-mmunroe-the-view-from-castle-rock.png</image:loc><image:title>Alice Mmunroe--The View from Castle Rock</image:title><image:caption>Click on the blog segment to get the full post.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-22T01:44:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2014/10/23/the-soldiers-lost-tombstone/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dar-ft1.png</image:loc><image:title>DAR FT</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/william-aukey-wykoff.jpg</image:loc><image:title>William Aukey Wykoff</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/auke-wyckoff-tombstone.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Auke Wyckoff Tombstone</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dar-ft.png</image:loc><image:title>DAR FT</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-06T21:45:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2016/01/27/a-boy-and-his-sister/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/jake-and-kaylen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jake and kaylen</image:title><image:caption>It looks like they had a great time ice skating. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-21T20:54:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2017/05/14/babci-marys-polish-soup/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/kubiak-and-kwiatkowski-relationship-table.png</image:loc><image:title>Kubiak and Kwiatkowski relationship table</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1930-kwiatkowski-joannes-mary-and-children-olean-new-york-census.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1930 Kwiatkowski Joannes Mary and children Olean New York Census</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1917-approx-conkle-michael-and-krystofiak-mary.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1917 approx Conkle Michael and Krystofiak Mary</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1917-kwiatkowski-joannes-mary-children-and-possibly-michael.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1917 Kwiatkowski Joannes Mary children and possibly Michael</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-03-22T19:55:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2017/09/07/places-to-go-and-people-to-see/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/thinking.png</image:loc><image:title>thinking</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/big-truck.jpg</image:loc><image:title>big truck</image:title><image:caption>It took three days, and I had to drive on my own. Can I add truck driver to my resume now?</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-21T20:46:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/2015/06/12/i-went-to-the-cemetery-looking-for-my-family-i-think-i-found-them/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/23.jpg</image:loc><image:title>23</image:title><image:caption>This could have been the home of my great grandparents, or more likely great-greats....</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/whartoncem.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WhartonCem</image:title><image:caption>http://www.paintedhills.org/POTTER/WhartonCem.htm</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/susannah-berfield-wife-of-stephen1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Susannah Berfield wife of Stephen</image:title><image:caption>Some stuff</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>21</image:title><image:caption>For some reason, this just seemed like a fitting image. Dad was born during the depression, and I know Grandma had a tough life after her mother died</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/45.jpg</image:loc><image:title>45</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>11</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6</image:title><image:caption>The only Jewish synagogue in the old Jewish sector of Pressburg, Austria, now Bratislava, Slovakia.  Did my maternal great-great-grandfather preside over a congregation here?(http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-686020/Things_To_Do-Bratislava-Jewish_Life-BR-1.html)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/64.jpg</image:loc><image:title>64</image:title><image:caption>Hanstein Castle, near Hanover Germany. (http://posture.doonks.com/hanover.html)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>13</image:title><image:caption>Bydgoszcz, Poland (http://allworldtowns.com/cities/bydgoszcz.html)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-21T20:39:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesfromthepast.com</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2026-04-03T01:39:11+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
