When I began to seriously work on genealogy a few months ago, I believed that I would be able to update the Hemmesch tree (my paternal Grandma) in a few months and then just occasionally “update” it. Five months in and I am just under 10% through the families listed within the book I...
Read more →Old Grandpa Sauer is the notation on the back of this photo that I had received in a box of photos from my aunt. He of course is not my grandpa, but my first thought is that he should be the father of Catherine Sauer (1855 – 1924), my 2nd Great Grandma. The obvious...
Read more →It is perhaps fitting that I begin this blog with a post describing my search pertaining to a Mathias. Reading through a 30 year old family tree, I came across an interesting passage regarding Mathias: Math Jr. married an Wisconsin born girl Catherine Schlener and settled on a farm near Lake Henry, Minn. After...
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