Two Schmidt families came to the United States aboard the Copernicus in 1839 as part of the Gesellschaft. In both families, a widow came with her children. Since they are located not far from each other on the Copernicus passenger list, I will show the portion that displays these two families. I have placed red … More Max Schmidt from the Double Schmidt’s
Johann Carl Wunderlich would have been 159 years old today. He was born on April 23, 1860 and his was one of the early baptisms recorded in the church books of Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells, Missouri. Carl was the son of Johann Gottlieb and Maria (Bendel) Wunderlich. We have a photo of Carl’s … More Wayfaring Wunderlichs
The blog post today was written by Lynn Degenhardt. I am reluctant to call him a guest blogger, even if this is the first post that has been authored by him. Lynn is a resident of Altenburg and is one of the key members of our research team here at our museum. He is by … More The Trail of Christiane Theilig’s Out of Wedlock Child
I am not going to tell the story of an individual person today. First of all, I was having trouble finding a story to write that had to do with today’s date. Secondly, I knew that we were having a few special guests coming to our museum today. Those guests were coming because they know … More Perusing Some Paitzdorf Papers
