We started Wednesday by visiting the Kleinenkneter Steine and the Pestruper Burial Grounds at Wildeshausen. The burial grounds are situated on a heath moor and are visible as far as the eye can see. The Kleinenkneter Steine is basically one of Germany’s versions of Stonehenge, on a smaller scale. As I understand, these burials took place […]
Notice how the fruit remains in its pristine, untouched state. That’s my boy!
Korey Liebt Schnitzel Sehr!!! Read More »
On our third day in Germany, we visited the Deutsches Auswander Haus (German Emigration Museum) in Bremerhaven, then traveled to Bremen to see the old part of the city. I wish we would have had more time in Bremen because it’s a very cool city with a very unique history. My camera’s battery was dead,
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What a great trip. A perfect week with the only exception being the debacle in the Hotlanta airport. Das Flughof ist ein Klosterfock! We met some incredible people, ate some awesome food, drank some delicious beer, and saw some really remarkable things. It’ll take me a while to organize my thoughts and pictures, but I’ll
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This happened today, 3 blocks from our hotel and across the street from the “Kebap Salon” we ate at. [singlepic id=63 w=320 h=240 float=center]
Eatin’ Good in the Neighborhood Read More »
Today has been a fun day. We slept in pretty late and then took the tour bus through Hamburg. Getting on a bus is a story in itself, but I’ll spare the details. Let it be said that our mono-linguistic paralysis puts us at a slight disadvantage. Here are the pictures: [sthumbs=66|64|61|59|58|47|46|44|43|42|41|40|39|38|37|36|34|30|29|23|8|6|4|1,160,max,n,center,]
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[singlepic id=51 w=320 h=240 float=left]Over the last 2 years or so I have devoted this website to relaying stories of my ancestors and preserving these stories for my kids. But the fondest memories I have are those my kids themselves have provided over the years. 26 years ago tomorrow, my journey as a father began
[singlepic id=46 w=320 h=240 float=left]I’ve been spending time working on my set of 3rd great grandparents, stemming from my paternal grandmother, Alice (Waege) Rathkamp. Lately I’ve been on a bit of a roll, discovering some of their home towns in what was then Pomerania and now is part of Poland. Originally, this post was going
[singlepic id=45 w=320 h=240 float=left]Last night was a good night for genealogy in the Rathkamp house. My third great grandparents, August and Henriette (Viergutz) Wesenberg were the first of my ancestors to emigrate to America. They arrived in New York on August 10, 1846. I’ve never put a lot of time into this branch of
Val’s always poking fun of some of the names of my German ancestors. She’s pretty sure there’s a Friedrich Heinrich Johann Jakob Jingleheimerschmidt in my tree somewhere. I thought I’d share some of the gems I’ve uncovered from her side: [singlepic id=31 w=320 h=240 float=right]Minerva Belle Tobey Charity Mack Mindwell Mack (there were actually a
[singlepic id=19 w=320 h=240 float=left]Here’s another picture from the archives. I’m guessing this picture was taken sometime in the ’50s. From left, my grandmother, Alice “Pat” (Waege) Rathkamp, unknown friend, and my grandfather, Bill Rathkamp. The tavern most likely was somewhere on the north or west side of Milwaukee. Seeing a picture of my grandfather
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My blogging software has a feature that shows me search strings people use to find my website. Some of the search terms are pretty entertaining. Like last week when somebody somehow found me by searching “pic of an old German family having a fight”. Other times, I can see Google doing its job by
Mr. Rath, Meet Ms. Kamp…the origins of the Rathkamp Surname Read More »