Comments on: HoleInTheDonut Helps Man Find Long Sought Swiss Family Roots

By: expatraveler

expatraveler — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:03:30 +0000

Wow – what a story. So amazing to hear about the links and findings for Bill and such beautiful photography on your part Barbara.

Switzerland was the first country of my journey. I had no thoughts of going there first, but it fell into my lap too… I fell in love and have been to this area on my last trip actually. I loved it!

This post really makes me smile. Just another reason why I love Switzerland.

By: Mark H

Mark H — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:01:37 +0000

What an extraordinary story. The internet making the world a tiny place. The alignment of the old and new photos are amazing and takes an eagle eye.

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birth injury attorney — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:28:33 +0000

I am often amazed at how small the world has become especially since the internet. I am an immigrant and really do not know much about my family history past my parents and a little bit about my grandparents. Even my parents really do not know much about our ancestry or where our family really originated. I marvel at your story and am very happy for you to be part of this story. Yes, there was a great deal of serendipity but you were the one who took action. Good for you.

By: Cairns Hotels

Cairns Hotels — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:49:53 +0000

Nice of them to help that man find his roots and lucky for him they are there ready to help.

By: Barbara Weibel

Barbara Weibel — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:40:57 +0000

Hi Rich:
Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. I was really honored to play a part in helping connect the dots and the resultant story really resonated with a much wider audience.
Barbara

By: Rich Diesslin

Rich Diesslin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:51:12 +0000

Barbara, interesting. Bill is very active in tracking down his genealogy and has connected to a lot of the extended family. I came across this thanks to the names being in the search. Interesting I may have gone right past this place and not even known it back in 1974 when were visit Europe, including Interlaken. We did search in vain for a Diesslin Strasse in the Black Forest region, but had no idea of this branch of the familie’s connection to Switzerland. Thanks for the pictures!
.-= Rich Diesslin´s last blog ..http://www.The-Cartoonist.Com =-.

By: Bankrupt Boy

Bankrupt Boy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:29:32 +0000

heh this is awesome still regardless of fluke or not. awesome that what he was looking for was even on the internet

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By: Karen Haspolat

Karen Haspolat — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:08:52 +0000

An amazing story! A true example of the communication tools at our disposal today. The chances of this happening are rare today, what about 10 years ago ... or more? Karen Haspolat’s last blog post..Christmas Cheer from Humbie Primary

By: Barbara Weibel

Barbara Weibel — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:58:17 +0000

Richard and yup:
What I did is quite a bit more than just using the NextGEN Image flow add-on for NextGEN Gallery. That plugin was designed to get the cover flow image into the body of a web page or a blog post, but to my knowledge, no one had successfully figured out how to get it into the header before me, because I contacted the plugin and add-on designers for info. I have since shared what I did with the designer of my WordPress template and she recently wrote a post with all the details. You can see it here:
http://www.nickifaulk.com/2009/02/24/wp-themes-how-to-revolving-images-in-the-header/
Barbara

By: John Davis

John Davis — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:49:27 +0000

Wow, you have to admit that is like WAY cool!

RT
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By: MIke

MIke — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:42:00 +0000

Google is the solution! What was the question? Nice story. MIke’s last blog post..Earn by Promoting CPA Offers.

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:22:43 +0000

Great story! It’s so cool to see how it all came together for someone to find a piece of family history.

By: yup

yup — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:50:57 +0000

@Richard – Google “nextgen-imageflow” it’s a WP-Plugin.

Now, the next time you need to find info like this, just look at the source code of the page for clues.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:48:39 +0000

“Amazing story! But donâ€™t think this is some amazing coincidence.

I agree with Keith.

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:23:54 +0000

Amazing story! But don’t think this is some amazing coincidence. Clearly people post photos of places they go, and William was googling for photos of that town. It isn’t a coincidence he came upon your blog. He was deliberately searching. The “higher power” is Google .

By: boliyou

boliyou — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:50:26 +0000

Congratulations to you and the Diesslen family. What a great story. boliyou’s last blog post..What does your birthday predict about you?

By: Barbara Weibel

Barbara Weibel — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:42:50 +0000

Hi Richard:
Would love to share with you the details of how I made the photos fly across the top of my blog, but my email to you was returned as undeliverable. Email me at: donutmaster (at) holeinthedonut (dot) com and I will enlighten you.
Barbara

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:10:35 +0000

Wonderful story. Matten (and Interlaken) are beautiful places indeed! I stayed in Beatus, above Interlaken, but visited both.

I hate to ask, but what do you use at the top of the page to show your photos? It looks like Apple’s coverflow, but on a webpage/blog.

Thanks for everything!

By: Karleigh

Karleigh — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:36:39 +0000

I stayed in Interlaken, too! It’s possibly the most beautiful city in the world, and going there inspired me to live abroad. I partied my 18-year-old ass of at Balmers, but I stayed at the Funny Farm hostel instead. It’s a much better hostel anyway.

By: Shanna

Shanna — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:55:48 +0000

You know.... I've been talking with a few friends lately about how small of a world we live in and yet here is another example. I can't imagine how you must feel to be a part of this extraordinary series of events. I'm awestruck just reading it. Shanna’s last blog post..Thank You Thank You Thank You

By: June

June — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:37:57 +0000

I love when the universe reveals its synchronicity!