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  1. January 4, 2017: Did names get changed at Ellis Island?
  2. April 5, 2016: Faylese Gruber unveiling
  3. March 15, 2016: Tombstones (cont)
  4. February 16, 2016: Simon Ghertner was 'So Blooming Happy'
  5. February 16, 2016: The 'Leica Freedom train'
  6. January 18, 2016: Tennessean dateline 15 Dec 1965
  7. January 17, 2016: Tennessean dateline 29 August 1961
  8. January 16, 2016: From the Nashville Tennessean 1908
  9. December 23, 2015: All Blue-Eyed People Have This One Thing In Common
  10. March 27, 2015: Eduard Scharff to marry Esther Marx
  11. March 22, 2015: Ward Belmont College
  12. February 22, 2015: R.I.P. Faylese Gruber (1926-2015)
  13. January 17, 2015: Ed just sent this photo
  14. July 2, 2014: Bloom family furniture
  15. June 21, 2014: Frances Jean Bloom Ghertner (1921-1978)
  16. June 19, 2014: Shotgun apartment in 1940s
  17. May 14, 2014: More notoriety
  18. April 30, 2014: Hot Shot Pappy
  19. April 7, 2014: EL's formal Military portrait at the end of his career in the US Army
  20. April 6, 2014: Reposting with newly discovered pictures
  21. March 13, 2014: Two Pappy's ?????
  22. March 13, 2014: Jewishgen web pages
  23. February 15, 2014: Glenn Close, actress & a Taliaferro
  24. January 27, 2014: Fleisman 'industries'
  25. January 25, 2014: How'd B-17 crews go to the bathroom?
  26. January 25, 2014: Laslavic’s , Kalisek’s and Lautenschlager familys
  27. January 18, 2014: When Alven Ghertner met Ben Gertner
  28. January 17, 2014: Newly discovered military service info
  29. January 17, 2014: Xmas at Em & Pappy's - Redux
  30. January 15, 2014: My uncle's wedding
  31. January 12, 2014: Carolyn Gray LeMaster (1927-2013)
  32. January 9, 2014: Where did our names come from?
  33. December 30, 2013: Some sad news
  34. May 27, 2013: More stories ...
  35. May 4, 2013: My mishpocha
  36. April 24, 2013: Pseudo family trees
  37. April 24, 2013: Simon Ghertner Obituary & Birth Date Inconsistencies
  38. April 21, 2013: The founding of Cullom & Ghertner
  39. April 8, 2013: Tracye's photo contribution
  40. April 4, 2013: The Pine Bluff connection
  41. April 4, 2013: More 'lost' pictures, circa 1950
  42. April 2, 2013: The 'new' Levy branch of my family tree
  43. March 24, 2013: Dora, Annie, Ada & Essie Cooper
  44. March 21, 2013: Lewis Cooper and family
  45. March 18, 2013: Priceless photo found
  46. February 10, 2013: Here are photos from the Raymond Block Sr. family
  47. January 29, 2013: 'Bompa' bankrupted (?) by his embezzling brother
  48. December 7, 2012: First hand memories of 7 December 1941
  49. November 20, 2012: Simon & Dora Ghertner lived at ... (not what you may think)
  50. November 14, 2012: Maj. Leslie Gruber, sketch by James O. Brumley, and humble pie for me
  51. November 10, 2012: Major Leslie G. Gruber, sketch by James O. Burnley
  52. November 1, 2012: Simon Gertner's ship to North America in 1900
  53. October 24, 2012: Pappy's note regarding the death of his father, Eduard Scharff
  54. October 3, 2012: Pappy was a pilot, a hunter and a sailor.
  55. September 16, 2012: Happy Birthday B.B. King and cousin xxxxxxx
  56. September 2, 2012: Death Notice of Eduard Scharff (1857-1917)
  57. August 29, 2012: Education & Work - Ghertner's in 1940
  58. August 27, 2012: Gerald and Dinah Shore, famous singer
  59. August 20, 2012: Em was the "Head of Household" in 1940
  60. August 2, 2012: RIP Eduard Scharff (1857- 1917) & Esther Marx, Pappy's parents
  61. July 28, 2012: Whereabouts on April 15, 1940
  62. June 17, 2012: Jewish communities - Camden & Pine Bluff
  63. June 5, 2012: Shor Hezkel, 2x great grandfather of my generation
  64. May 13, 2012: Cousins, a brief lesson
  65. May 1, 2012: Synagogue & Jewish Cemetery in Roman, Romania
  66. April 26, 2012: Announcing a Tombstone photos page
  67. April 19, 2012: Alven Simon Ghertner (1914-2012)
  68. April 12, 2012: US Census - has been a principal source of research
  69. April 5, 2012: Many changes to the family Blog along with a new web address!
  70. April 2, 2012: First release of the 1940 US Census, the 16th in the US
  71. March 26, 2012: Mud-slinging, Mayhem & Murder
  72. March 1, 2012: Lynton & Grace Scharff lived here
  73. February 23, 2012: Solomon & Mary Block's memorial stones, Camden
  74. February 14, 2012: 'Circuit Riders' .. Rabbis that is
  75. February 2, 2012: WWII bomb sight maker buys Cullom & Ghertner
  76. January 22, 2012: Shackin' up, Em & Pappy style
  77. January 11, 2012: Lenny hoofed it to meet Jean
  78. January 11, 2012: Who put the 'h' in Ghertner?
  79. January 10, 2012: Mobile phone users
  80. December 31, 2011: Nashville blizzard 1951
  81. December 18, 2011: Given (first) names
  82. December 18, 2011: EL Scharff and Elvis Presley
  83. December 18, 2011: Xmas break at Club Ozark
  84. December 5, 2011: Block's jobs, some not so widely known
  85. December 1, 2011: Simon Ghertner's autobiography (1st partial post)
  86. November 30, 2011: Mary Levinson Block's interment
  87. November 29, 2011: Simon's brother Smil-Lieb
  88. November 29, 2011: Youngest child of Solomon Block with photo!
  89. November 23, 2011: Pappy's maternal grandparents
  90. September 4, 2011: Charles A Bloom and Grace Rhine, my great grandparents
  91. June 29, 2011: Some of my famous mishpocha
  92. June 5, 2011: 'Cupid's Dart' announces Block-Levy nuptials
  93. May 12, 2011: Joseph F. Block letter of 10 Mar 1942
  94. April 17, 2011: My grandfather John R Bloom 1884 to 1935 and his ancestors
  95. February 16, 2011: Solomon Block big shot
  96. February 9, 2011: Dora Ghertner's parents discovered
  97. February 7, 2011: Pappy's pop: Did you know?
  98. February 7, 2011: my grandfather Simon ... maybe I've learned something new
  99. February 6, 2011: How to search my Blog
  100. February 4, 2011: Simon & Dora Ghertner's questions answered and mysteries surface
  101. February 3, 2011: Lynton Scharff lived where?
  102. February 3, 2011: Today is day 5 of my subscription to Ancestry.com
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