Family Events of the 1700s with Historical Context
We can learn a lot from history—and if you’re reading this site, then I suspect that you already agree with this statement. Yet, sometimes a single family event from the past provides only a...
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Württemberg Geography
As we continue to explore the early history of our German ancestors, we have tried to wrap our minds around the geography of the region they lived in during the 17th and 18th centuries....
What Caspar Wistar’s Story Tells Us About Our Own
Today we know substantially more about our common ancestor, Andreas Hagenbuch (b. 1715, d. 1785), than was understood even a decade ago. Below are a few articles that capture some of this knowledge. Yet,...
