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Cousins at a wedding

In September of 1914, a highlight of the early autumn social season in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was the wedding of Bertha Jason and John...

Jessica Feinstein

Jun 29, 20242 min read

The Daily News, Lebanon, Pennsylvania · Friday, March 17, 1933, p. 10. My aim in doing a one-name study of all the Feinsteins in the...

Jessica Feinstein

May 20, 20233 min read

I had a feeling yesterday that I might make another breakthrough this year. I’m not sure why, but it feels as though slowly and steadily...

Jessica Feinstein

Jan 2, 20232 min read

I recently rediscovered this wonderful photograph of my grandfather Louis. It is a cabinet portrait taken in a photographic studio in...

Jessica Feinstein

Nov 27, 20222 min read

Back in 2017, I wrote about my grandfather Louis, and the first part of his story went up to 1919, when he was nineteen. Since then, I...

Jessica Feinstein

Jul 28, 20222 min read

Sheva (Sophia) Brenner was Ari’s 4x great-grandmother, and I am using this blog post to look again at what we know about her, which is...

Jessica Feinstein

Apr 29, 20222 min read