Dana Kelly, of the Koshkonong Prairie Historical Society spoke on will DNA tests and learn how to analyze them for the utmost results.
We had 53 members participate today. Great turnout and wonderful speaker.
Very pleased Bob
Author: Rettwent
Lecture Given Yesterday
Very nice group and excellent questions. Total participants nearly 30. It was a pleasure to provide genealogical knowledge to an active audience.
German in America: Words, Sounds, and Images
43rd Annual Symposium by Society for German-American Studies through UW-Max Kade Institute.
“German in America: Words, Sounds, and Images”
Madison, Wisconsin
11–13 April 2019
REGISTER NOW for…
two days of over 50 presentations and panel discussions on a variety of topics that span the spectrum of the German-American experience, including art, music, language, literature, media and publications, history, folklore, heritage, religion, immigration, and much more;
a tour of the German-American holdings of the Wisconsin Historical Society; a tour of the Max Kade Institute and exhibit on “The Wisconsin German Experience;”the SGAS Banquet.
You can find the full Symposium Program at https://sgas.org/symposium/symposium-program/
Naturalization Records: Cable Act of 1922
Starting in 1922 Alien Women had to Apply for Citizenship on their Own.
Generally before this act you won’t find naturalization records for female ancestors. Most women obtained derivative citizenship through their husbands.
Lecture this Thursday
Thursday another Adult Education class I am giving. The announcement is in this link:
Tomorrow Teaching – Beginner Genealogy Class
Below is the advertisement for my presentation tomorrow afternoon at the Stoughton Area Senior Center
How to Start or Revisit Your Family History
Bob Rettammel, Professional Genealogist, will lead a discussion on research methods for tracing your family’s history in America. You will learn about genealogical relationships and traditional family trees and charts. Learn a step-by-step procedure for finding genealogical information at home via public sources, databases and other source information to gather evidence to confirm connections among family members. This discussion will also include a brief introduction to DNA use in Genealogy.
Remembrance of Great-Uncles’ Service in WWI: Battle of Chateau-Thierry and Aftermath
World War I: Discovering Facts About My Wisconsin Ancestor Soldiers
As I was growing up I had heard stories of an ancestor who served in World War I and was an uncle to my father. However, my own father never knew this uncle since he died before my father was born. My Great-Uncle Theodore Rettammel died in March 1919, while in the military. On November 11, 1918, that ended World War I. The information I originally had about him was limited. As well as many from his generation were also deceased before I took an interest in genealogy, in the late 1970s. Theodore’s tombstone was always something I saw every Memorial Day when my Dad would put flowers on his grave. I also knew something about his dates of birth and death since they are listed on the tombstone in the family cemetery in Wisconsin.
German-American Genealogy Workshop
At Wisconsin Historical Society – Genealogy Workshop today in Madison, WI. The presenter is from UW Madison’s Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies.
Program called “Finding Your German Ancestors in Europe”.
German-American History: Early Key figures in Abolitionist Movement in Chicago
Many of my Ancestors (both paternal and maternal) first came to America and settled in Chicago in the mid to late 19th century. Most had left Germanic areas of central or northeastern Europe, at the time. Some were Pomeranian, West Prussian, others Bohemian.
Of course that is at the time of about 1850s and 1860s.
As part of American Black History Month, I wanted to see what German-American figures at that same time supported or were active in the African-American effort to end black slavery in the U.S.
Here are two figures of note, I am sure there are others. I hope to learn of more German-American individuals who supported the black community to end slavery, maybe others can share that knowledge with me.
In meantime, Notable German-American abolitionists in “Chicago” included.
Wilhelm Rapp:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Rapp
and Hermann Raster:
Remember Black History Month: Some Early American Key Figures
Ida Wells:
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ida-b-wells-barnett
Frederick Douglas:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass
George Washington Carver:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Carver
W.E.B. Du Bois:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._E._B._Du_Bois
Booker T. Washington:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_T._Washington
Harriet Tubman:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman
Sojourner Truth:
Rettammel Genealogy Service 