Today’s post will give evidence of how German names often got transformed into ones that come closer to matching the more common English names found in America. You will see 4 different spellings for a surname that can be found in the records for the birthday boy and his wife within this post. You will … More Kaltschmidt, Koltschmidt, Goldschmidt, or Goldsmith?
Just one lonely confirmation record in the Trinity, Friedheim books leads me to tell today’s tale. I must admit, though, that one of the facts that attracted me to this man’s story is the fact that he was the half-brother of a character I wrote about a few days ago, Eva Rehkopf. Her story was … More Rehkop and Reutzel – Friedheim to Fredericktown to Flat River
The story I have to tell today has some missing pieces. My wife likes to do jigsaw puzzles. If and when she realizes there is the possibility of a missing piece, she starts looking on the floor and elsewhere to see if the piece managed to escape her table. Every once in a while, she … More Albert and Mary – Fredericktown Klemp’s
I do not often use a baptism date as a starting point for a story, but that is the case today. I guess what attracted this record to me was that it looked like yet another story that might begin with a lonely record in our German Family Tree that would take us elsewhere. And … More Shoe Worker from Krueger Ford, MO
We have a new guest blogger today. His name is John Popp. I am hoping this will not be the only post John writes for us. John sent me this bio to use for him: I was born in Altenburg MO, raised in Altamont IL, and retired at the end of 2016 from a career … More Teacher Popp – My Pop
