John Yates Jatho (born in 1907) and his sister Evalina (born in 1909) in Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri. Their parents were John Jatho and Stella Ebbersole. These Jathos were related to our Jatho clan. Interestingly Yates was an Americanization of Jatho, so he's really John "Jatho" Jatho.

Planted twenty Crocus sativus bulbs this afternoon and was surprised to see how eager they are to sprout. No wonder: they're fall-blooming. I don't think they'll bloom this year but certainly next year and we can harvest our own saffron from them.

All the trees in our neighborhood are more vivid than usual this autumn but Acer palmatum var. dissectum 'Tamukeyama' on our west patio is even more so in crimson and purple.

This 1802 baptism in Gross Massowitz, Pomerania suggests a relationship between the father and a godparent. Parents: Martin Gohl and Anna Elisabetha Burtzlaff, child was Martin Ernst. Godparent: Maria Gohl, wife of Johann Christian Gohl. Was the father Martin his brother? There's a good chance.

The Jorgensen kids of Omaha are happy because we just reached 600 photographs on our Photo Gallery webpage! One way or another every person in every image is related to our ancestral families. New Jatho photos from Illinois and Missouri clans have been added today: sakionline.net/family-folio...

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Good night, sweet prince. I can think of nothing more Patrick Stewart than his appearance on Sesame Street, matching a wry wit with Shakespearean perfection. Never met him, wish I had.

A warmer fall has resulted in some nice autumn colors in the garden, including the almost-red witch hazel bush (Hamamelis virginiana) in the bee and butterfly garden.

A photogenic beauty from 1888: this is Sarah "Sallie" Frances Herring, born in 1866 in Missouri, a pre-engagement photo before her marriage to Henry Jatho (1858-1931). The Missouri Jathos descend from our Jatho family from Dransfeld, Hannover. DNA proves the link even if records are missing.

It's been warm during the day -- in the seventies Fahrenheit -- and the back porch begonias are still blooming. Looks like the next week will be similarly temperate.

Pelargonium citrosum 'Citronella,' no longer blooming but still gives off a strong citrus/lemon scent,. Finally found a shrub that deer won't eat. I plan to put a lot more of these in the south patio garden next year. I'll probably take cuttings from this plant and overwinter them in the greenhouse.

Blue wave! This blue jay stopped by for afternoon tea today.

All we know is that her name was Jeanie and she was the flower girl at my Milwaukee cousin Margaret Petersen's wedding in 1930 to Art Lehrmann But Jeanie's a stand-out subject for the camera.

Our Dressel ancestor's deli on Beacon Street in Jersey City NJ: Phillip Dressel ran a grocery store with wife Anna Maria Buchelberger and their two oldest sons William Balthazar and Bernard. Phillip had a cousin nearby, botanist Frederick Dressel, more Dressel cousins in Charleston, South Carolina.

My Dressel clan was busy in Jersey City. Phillip Dressel ran a deli in town whereas his cousin Frederick H. Dressel ran the Bonnot Floral Depot on Newark Avenue. Note the horse-drawn delivery wagon! Frederick was a botanist and hybridizer of ferns, orchids, and other exotic plants.

I missed this photo several years ago while cataloguing my cousin's photo collection. A very serious Mildred Glawe, my mother's first cousin, attends to her tea party in this cabinet card from Chicago around 1914. Perhaps this is evidence of an inherited interest: I collect teapots and teacups too.

The boys pose on a sunny morning: Paul and Phil.

What a nice surprise: flowers all over my Camellia sinensis (tea plant). It's the same plant from which tea is made but I grow it for the flowers, and it seems to be mirroring the growing season of Camellia japonica, which likes to bloom in autumn.

A beautiful marriage portrait of my nephew Matthew Soto's great-grandparents: Mercedes Villalpando (born 1891 in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico) and her husband Rev. Emeterio Soto (born 1887 in El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico). The couple were married in Santa Cruz, Arizona and had fourteen children.

One of my close Petersen cousins claimed to be a descendant of this charming couple...but she wasn't and we aren't. Her tree sent me off on a tangent. A little research proved that we're entirely unrelated to this bride and groom. DNA can define the real relationship where family trees can stumble.

Paul and his shadow.

Some plants are still performing enthusiastically. This hot-pink impatiens is showing a nice display in the west patio garden.

Norwood Jatho, my grandmother's cousin, was born in New Orleans in 1919, the son of Norwood Jatho Senior and Adelaide Gadpaille. This photo was taken about 1924 at an unknown studio in town. He looks a little dubious about the photo session. Sailor suits were ubiquitous in those days.

Forgot I had this photo! This is the Frank Gaul/Grace Kolberg wedding from Stevensville, Michigan, September 27, 1912. Love the symmetry, especially the flower girls with the crossed legs. The Gaul family is related to our Kramp/Trabant family from Bütow, Pomerania. sakionline.net/family-folio...

We had a beautiful storm this evening, over half and inch of rain and lots of wind, but this lady cardinal, who weathered it well, stopped by for a well-earned dinner.

Two handsome cats ready for bed.

Two death certificates existed for my great-uncle Peter H. Petersen, who died in 1916 in the Blue Island district of Chicago. The state death certificate is at left, at right is the county-filed document. Same info, slightly different details (state document has a hand-stamped index number).

The garden is still delivering colors and textures: impatiens, coleus, begonias.

Agnes Majoros was the younger sister of Annie Majoros (married in 1900 in Chicago to Louis Petersen, my great-uncle). Agnes and Louis' younger brother George formed an attachment and married in 1917.

1898-1900: Edith Tiedemann, Elizabeth Klinck, Alice Tiedemann. Edith and Alice were sisters, Elizabeth was their future in-law. They were in costume for some event. Edith called this photo the Bonnet Brigade. Edith's brother eventually married one of our Jatho clan from Charleston, South Carolina.

Woodworker/carpenter Adam Jatho, born in Kassel in 1838, and emigrated with his parents to Victoria County, Texas in 1842. Are we related to Adam? Records don't verify this but he had a photo of our New Orleans ancestor, Norwood Jatho, in his collection, so it appears he thought we were related.