Monthly Archives: December 2011
Cousin Relationships
One of the things that I found most difficult to understand when I first started doing family history research is the relationships of cousins. I remember finding a long-lost cousin who informed me that we are second cousins; once removed. That’s great! Now what does that mean? Share and Enjoy Facebook Twitter Delicious Digg Google Buzz StumbleUpon Add to favorites Email RSS
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Kautz Family Tree – Part III – John Jacob Kautz
As I mentioned in my article, A Wealth of Knowledge and Information, today I am focusing on my Kautz side of the family tree. John Jacob Kautz is my great-great-grandfather and the last generation I have a photograph of in the Kautz side of my family tree. He was born in July of 1828 in Baden-Baden, Germany to parents, Christian Kautz and Anna Marie Pfeiffer. Share and Enjoy Facebook Twitter Delicious Digg Google Buzz StumbleUpon Add to favorites Email RSS
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Kautz Family Tree – Part II – Christian L. Kautz
As I mentioned in my article, A Wealth of Knowledge and Information, today I am focusing on my Kautz side of the family tree. Christian L. Kautz is my great-great grandfather. He was born in November of 1855 on the Kautz Family Farm in Dupage County to parents, John Jacob Kautz and Saloma Hansel. Share and Enjoy Facebook Twitter Delicious Digg Google Buzz StumbleUpon Add to favorites Email RSS
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Kautz Family Tree – Part I -Charles Joseph Kautz
As I mentioned in my article, A Wealth of Knowledge and Information, today I am focusing on my Kautz side of the family tree. Charles Joseph Kautz, my great-grandfather, was born on October 7, 1892 in Dupage County, Illinois. He was the son of Christian L. Kautz and Anna Barbara Teiml Kautz. Charles was born on the Kautz Family Farm which was right on the Dupage and Kane county lines in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. In the photographs below, Charles is [...]
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Treasure Chest Thursday – A Wealth of Knowledge and Photographs
I first began researching my family tree after the death of my grandfather. I had always been interested in the family stories and information. My passion for history encouraged this. However, I hadn’t really focused on the evidence and background side of my family stories until my grandfather was gone. See my article, The Family Story Teller for more on this. Starting out on this side of the family tree would have been an almost impossible task if I hadn’t [...]
