My mother’s paternal great grandfather Frederick Konrad Regetmeier, immigrated from northern Germany in the mid 1860’s. He ended up in Jewell County, Kansas, a journey that took a decade. The legs of his trip followed the model of many of his country men at the time: 1863 – left Germany as a stowaway with his brother, […]
How To Uncover Fake News – Discovering Family Lineage Secrets
Fake News? The thing that interests me most about family history is the gap between the things we think we know about our families and the realities. – Jeremy Hardy In a recent post about a circa 1907 family reunion on the Rightmeier homestead in Jewell County, Kansas, I mentioned a great great uncle, August, […]