Michael John Neill's Genealogy Website
The gentleman I hired to research the records of Helmershausen, Thuringia, Germany, has located the children of my 4th great-grandparents who apparently lived most (or all) of their lives in that village. As a little bit of “cousin bait” I will post a summary of what was located along with some thoughts on moving forward. […]
I have not made any real headway on locating Sophia (Derle) Trautvetter in the 1870 census despite several different renewed attempts to locate her. What started out as a search for her has turned into a renewed interest in my Trautvetter family of immigrants to Hancock County, Illinois, from Thuringia. A 1907 biography of Sophia […]
Posting about being unable to locate Sophia (Derle) Trautvetter in the 1870 census got me to thinking about some assumptions I’ve made about her and her family during that time period. It’s also caused me to realize that there are some gaps in how I have searched for her. Sophia had four children who lived […]
Ancestry.com recently announced an “update” for the 1870 census and it got me to thinking about one of the people that I cannot find in 1870: Sophia Elizabeth (Derle) Trautvetter. My other two “missing” direct ancestors in 1870 are single, relatively young men who were living in rural parts of the United States. While I would like […]
