My Trails into the Past

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again - Time for some more Genealogy Fun!!   Our assignment from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings is to:   1)  Who is one of your most elusive ancestors?  What research have you done to identify him or her?  What research do you need to do? Here's mine: On my Saturday Night Genealogy Fun post on 12 August 2023, I posted the fan chart of my ancestors. The closest blanks on the chart are at my paternal third great-grandparents. I do not know the parents of Susana Raduntz , who was born about 1831, likely in Posen, and who married Winzent Siewert (Vincent Sievert in US). Both immigrated to the United States in the 1850s. A researcher in Poland discovered the parents of Winzent, but not of Susanna, who perhaps had lived in a different village. Susanna’s sister, Wilhelmine, also came to the U.S., but her records have not revealed their origin either. The other set of 3x-gg-grandparents, Jeremiah Sulliva...

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again - time for some more Genealogy Fun!!     Here is our assignment from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings : Check out Lisa Alzo's "Fearless Females 2023" blog post prompts and write about one of them. Here's mine: I have done many Fearless Females posts in the past but have not done day 20, so here is my post. March 20—Is there a female ancestor who is your brick wall? Why? List possible sources for finding more information. I have many women whom either I don’t know their surname or I know the surname but don’t know her parents. Let's look at Susanna Radunz. Susanna Radunz was married to Vincent Sievert on 10 February 1850 in Schneidemühl, Posen. I do not know the name of the church or any other details except the date. [1]    They came to the U.S. on 23 June 1852 aboard the Johanna Elise. [2] Later, I found W. Sievert with his wife and child on the Hamburg passenger list. This document confi...

It's  Saturday Night  - time for more  Genealogy Fun! Our mission from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing is to: 1) Who is a mysterious person in the family tree you'd like to learn more about? [Thank you to Linda Stufflebean for suggesting topics!] 2)  Write your own blog post, or add your response as a comment to this blog post, in a Facebook Status post or note. Here’s mine: When I look at my RootsMagic software under the pedigree view, I have six blank spots at the 3x-great-parents on my father’s side. The parents of Susanna Raduntz, who were likely from Schneidemuhl, Posen, a former German village in present-day Poland. Susana was born about 1832 and married Winzent Siewert on 10 February 1850. I do not have the original church record that the information came from—only the data. So, I don’t know if Susanna’s parents’ names were mentioned in the record. Winzent and Susanna came to the U.S. aboard the ship Johanna Elise on 23 June 1852 w...

Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing has a new assignment this week.  Here is my assignment: 1) Who is your MRUA - your Most Recent Unknown Ancestor? This is the person with the lowest number on your Pedigree Chart or Ahnentafel List that you have not identified a last name for, or a first name if you know a surname but not a first name. 2) Have you looked at your research files for this unknown person recently? Why don't you scan it again just to see if there's something you have missed? 3) What online or offline resources might you search that might help identify your MRUA? 4) Tell us about him or her, and your answers to 2) and 3) above, in a blog post, in a comment to this post, or in a comment on Facebook or Google Plus. I don’t know the parents of my ancestor, Susanna Raduntz , who is no. 19. Susanna was born about 1832 possibly in Posen, Prussia. She married Vincent Siewert in Schneidemuehl, Posen, Prussia on 10 Feb 1850.  There are not many records in this area ...

Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings has challenged us to find where our ancestors were living on 1 Jun 1863.  This was very challenging but lots of fun.  I found that I need to do land research to learn more about exactly where my ancestors were living!  I have no photos of their residences.  Here are my father's side of the family: My second great-grandmother, Maria Catharine (Trösster) Hork (1813-1874) was living in Oberhundem, Westfalen (present day Germany).  I do not have a photograph of their residence, nor do I know exactly which house it is.  I would love to visit the small community someday.  My great-grandfather, Johan Anton Hork (1843-1906) was part of this household, as he had not left for America yet. My second great-grandparents, Vincent (1823-1890) and Susanna (Raduntz) Sievert (1832-1911) were living in Joliet, Will County, Illinois.  I do not know where their residence is located, although in later years they lived on Hicko...

    Susana Julia Sievert is a younger sister of my great-grandmother, Julia Ann Sievert, who married Johan Anton Hork.  Susana was born 20 Sep 1863 in Joliet, a city in Will County, Illinois. [1]   Susanna was the sixth child of Vincent Sievert and Susana Raduntz.  Susana was obviously named after her mother.  Vincent and Susana Sievert came from Schneidemühl, Posen, part of present day Poland that had been heavily settled by Germans until the end of the World War II. [2]     Susana Julia married Louis Aloysius Raub sometime between 1904 and 1906 when Louis moved to a new address, possibly signaling a marriage. [3]   Prior to his marriage, he lived with his mother and brothers.  Louis had his own business, L. A. Raub Co., which sold clothing, hats, and men’s furnishings. [4]   Louis’ parents were Germans who came in the late 1840’s from Alsace-Lorraine. [5]     Louis had a sixth grade education while Susana compl...

Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing has Saturday Night Genealogy Fun every week and this week he is asking us to focus on one of our ancestors. We start by picking the year our paternal grandfather was born.  My grandfather, William Cyril Hork was born 1899.   Now divide that date by 100 and round up.  So that would make 19.   I now find no. 19 in my pedigree.  That is Susanna Raduntz.   Now I tell three things I know about her. Susanna Raduntz was born around 1832 in Posen, Prussia (which is in present day Poland).  This information is from the marriage record of her daughter, Julia Ann Sievert to Anton Hork at St. John's Catholic Church in Joliet, Ill.  (This record was a gold mine, listing the birth towns of both sets of parents). She married Vincent Sievert on 10 Feb 1950 in Schneidemuhl, Posen, Prussia.  After first son was born, they came to the U.S. and settled in Joliet, Will Co, Illinois  They then had an additional 10 chi...

Ah, Genea-folks, it's   Saturday Night   again - are you ready for more   Genealogy Fun? Your mission tonight, should you decide to accept it, is to: 1)  List your 16 great-great-grandparents with their birth, death and marriage data (dates and places).  [Hint - you might use an Ancestral Name List from your software for this.] 2)  Determine the countries (or states) that these ancestors lived in at their birth and at their death. 3)  For extra credit, go make a "Heritage Pie" chart for the country of origin (birth place) for these 16 ancestors. [Hint: you could use the    chart generator   from   Kid Zone  for this.] [Note: Thank you to Sheri Fenley for the   "Heritage Pie" chart idea.] 4.  Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a comment to this post, or in a post on Facebook or google+. Here's mine: My 16 Great-great grandparents are: 16.    Joseph Heinrich Horoch , born 2 Feb ...