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Our Roots – Our Wings

Our Roots – Our Wings

A History of the May and Bernard Blieden Family

  • May and Bernie
    • Bernie
    • May
    • How They Met
    • WWII
    • WWII Photo Album
    • Poetry
    • The Wedding
    • Wedding Album
    • Honeymoon Album
    • Telegrams
    • Bernie’s Siblings
      • Arthur
        • Lois
        • Arthur and Lois’ Wedding Album
        • Arthur and Lois’ 25th Wedding Anniversary
      • Mildred
        • Manny Rich
        • Harvey Eric Rich
  • Blieden
    • Origins
      • The Blieden Surname
      • Riga and Wenden History
      • Zagare Lithuania
      • Relatives Explore Zagare
    • Isaac
      • Samuel Blieden
      • Ber
    • Isaac’s Siblings
      • Arye Leib
      • Morkehkl
        • Pesa Nieburg
        • Zundel
        • Ber, Son of Mordekhl
        • Girsh
        • Leib
    • Aron and Hannah
    • Aron’s Siblings
      • Judel Reuven
    • Hannah’s Siblings
      • Julius Wolfson
      • Yetta Schocket
      • Lena Schocket
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Reuniting With My Very First Friend

Thanks to the release of the 1950 US Census, I found my very first friend.

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Why Purchase a Poppy?

Today is Veteran’s Day, November 11, 2022. On Veteran’s Day, I always recall my father

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Was Anyone Named After Etel?

In my genealogy research, my Abramowitz family has been one of my brick walls. My

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She Painted with a Needle

In the 1980’s, my Aunt Lois Blieden forwarded me a letter she had received from

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Discovering Who My Grandfather Was Named After

I never knew my grandfather, Harvey Blieden, as he died in 1934. I knew he

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A Treasure Trove of Letters, Pictures and Video Clips

My first cousin, Andy Blieden,  once mentioned that he had a bunch of storage boxes

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My Father’s Thesaurus

My father had always dreamed of retiring and becoming a writer. To get a head

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The 1930’s Photo That Travelled Around the World

In 1930, Rose Lily Blieden Handler travelled from her home in Harrisburg, PA, with her

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An Interesting, But Sad, Discovery

My middle name, Hillary, was given to me in memory of my great-grandmother, Hannah Wolfson

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Reconnecting with Our Abramowitz Cousins

We always knew that our Great-Uncle Max Abramowitz came to this country first, worked hard,

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