That Monarch is a real beauty.
Glad you found your trip successful and fulfilling.
Never pursued family history much. I do know my great grandparents on my father's side immigrated from Germany when Bismark instituted the draft to bolster the German army's strength in the Franco-Prussian War in Europe around 1870's. They settled along the Illinois River where there was a lot of German settlers.. My grandparents went to school where both German and English were used.
The other side were Irish-German.
