After crashing through the Jean MAJERUS brick wall I thought things would become simpler.
I’d planned on writing about my 5th great-grandparents Jean MAJERUS (1766-1852) and Margretha BREGER (1767-1851) and their four known children.
When I wrote about their son Jean Baptiste MAJERUS (1797-1868) and his wife Catharina CORNELY (1794-1871) in January 2018 I had dropped rough citations in the notes of his children and grandchildren for miscellaneous records I’d found. I’ve spent hours adding these to the correct individuals while making notes in the Research Manager of Ancestral Quest, my genealogy software, to check for more records.
I got carried away down in a rabbit hole as I tried to round up Jean Baptiste’s siblings’ children’s marriage records in order to learn when his three siblings died. Normally I would use the Tables Décennales (ten-year lists of births, marriages, and deaths) to quickly search for a name and date. However, the MAJERUS families in Strassen used the same first names for their children (over and over) and I was looking up multiple records before I found what I was looking for.
As I viewed each I ended up copying the citation and adding the event to the correct individual. I’m glad I took the time to go through the motions of inputting, citing, and formulating items to be added to the research manager. I now have a clearer picture of several generations of descendants of Jean MAJERUS and Margretha BREGER.
Still, I realized I’m not ready for the planned post. I want to have everything in place before I begin to write about Jean and Margretha. Instead of the planned post, I’m sharing these wonderful photos my husband took last week.
Scherfenhof in the commune of Heffingen
The day after I posted How the Jean MAJERUS Brick Wall Crumbled – The Keys and Doors Which Made It Happen! my husband took a bike ride in the Larochette area of Luxembourg. He planned the ride so he would pass by the farm my MAJERUS ancestors lived on in the 1700s.


When he arrived at the farm he asked some men working there if any of them were the owner. They pointed to a car pulling up and said the driver was the owner. My husband explained to him that I had recently learned some of my ancestors lived on the farm in the 1700s. He asked permission to take some pictures of the farm and the owner kindly agreed.





I hoped you’ve enjoyed visiting the farm my 7th great-grandparents Jean MAJERUS and Elisabeth AMBROSI (aka DITGES) and my 6th great-grandfather Jean MAJERUS lived and worked on during the 18th century.
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What fun to have modern photos of the place where ancestors lived and that the current owner didn’t mind pictures being taken.
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My husband was careful to not get people or vehicles in the photos and only photographed the old buildings on the complex. Thank you, Linda. I wish I had been with him but I can still visit one day.
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Very interesting. thank you for the pictures. I would love to visit Luxembourg.
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Thank you, Richard. If you ever visit, be sure to let me know.
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Cathy, Some of us are so fortunate to be able to visit our ancestor’s homes. You might remember that even though I’ve never been to Wales, through Google Street View, I got to see my Harris (Harry) family ancestral homes in Tredegar, Wales. Loved the pics! Thanks, Brian
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Of course, I used the Google satellite view to find the location. We are lucky to have the technology to do this. Thank you, Brian.
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Always love the photo’s. They bring such a demension to posts. Amazing and how lucky for your husband 🙂 Sharon
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And lucky for me too as these were my ancestors, Sharon. 🙂 Thank you!
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How wonderful to have photographs of the family homestead from long ago! Thanks for sharing, Cathy.
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You’re welcome, Amy. I believe in sharing! Thank you.
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Are those the original buildings? How wonderful!
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I believe they are quite old and may date back to the time the 1766 census was taken. The photos only show the parts of the farm which are older. It is a large complex and there are newer additions. Thanks, Paula.
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