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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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Matrilineal Monday – The Family Line With All The Mothers
I have recently spent a great deal of time researching a family line in which there is a peculiar lack of paternal lines present. Generation after generation, I found information on the mothers’ side of the family tree and nothing on the fathers. It has been quite frustrating! On the one generation in which I actually did find the father’s information, it is the mother’s information that is missing and the one that I am most interested in tracing down. [...]
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Search Birth Records Online
Birth records can be an incredible find when researching your family tree. With the increasing ability and availability to search birth records online, birth records can be a crucial component in family tree research. Share and Enjoy Facebook Twitter Delicious Digg Google Buzz StumbleUpon Add to favorites Email RSS
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Maria Catherine Neu
Maria Catherine Neu (1830-1918) Founded the Frauenverein of St. Paul’s Evangelical & Reformed Church in 1861. She served as president for 25 years. The Frauenverein was a large women’s organization which raised operating funds for the church. Share and Enjoy Facebook Twitter Delicious Digg Google Buzz StumbleUpon Add to favorites Email RSS
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Mary Noser Mueller
Mary Noser Mueller (1852-1931) Occasionally, a woman seized the opportunity to run a family owned business upon the death of her spouse. Mary Mueller became Vice President of Orbon Stove Co. when her husband, Solomon, died. She served from 1910 to 1918. She proved to be a formidable woman, traveling to Colorado and Kansas to follow-up on real estate interests and journeying to Texas to secure her husband’s business interests. On occasion, she took her young grandchildren as companions! Share and [...]
