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, […]
Discerning Fake News – Family History Style
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, we had lost […]