Author Archives: Knapp Notes

The importance of the Ariosto

Posted on December 29, 2022 by Knapp Notes

I have written about a vessel named the Ariosto before – you can click here to check out the post if you haven’t read it. It was common in days past for people from the same village or city to … Continue reading →

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It’s family reunion time!

Posted on May 14, 2022 by Knapp Notes

Attention all Knapp clan members: Check out the Reunion 2022 tab to get the scoop about this year’s Knapp Family Reunion. Thank you to Gary Knapp for sending out the email to everyone listing all of the details. Guess who … Continue reading →

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Greetings from Heppenheim!

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Knapp Notes

This week I received a comment on the post I wrote about Barbara Koob, also known in America as Sister Marianne Cope. In case you haven’t read it, you can check it out here. The message is from a gentleman … Continue reading →

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Band of Brothers inspires couple to solve family WWII mystery

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Knapp Notes

When Erik and Sonni Bornmeier spent Memorial Day 2018 watching Band of Brothers, they had no idea the series would inspire them to try to solve the mystery of what had happened to Sonni’s great-uncle, an Army Air Force pilot … Continue reading →

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Summit County History

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Knapp Notes

While doing some genealogy research this week, I ran across an obituary for a person who died at Akron People’s Hospital. Since the date on the obituary was 1940, I had no idea which hospital this was since this was … Continue reading →

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Drop a card to Uncle Don

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Knapp Notes

We learned this week that Uncle Don Knapp is having some health challenges and won’t be able to visit this month as he and wife Virginia had planned. Virginia shared in an email that Don is in a lot of … Continue reading →

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Tragedy strikes the Wise family

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Knapp Notes

The photo above shows the Joseph E. Wise family in a photo taken sometime after 1895. How do we know the date? Tim De Frange was kind enough to share both the photo and the tragic story behind it on … Continue reading →

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Genealogy e-newsletters worth a look

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Knapp Notes

Recently a reader asked me to provide some tips about how people new to genealogy can learn more about how to uncover their own amazing true stories of their family’s history. One way is to subscribe to several genealogy-focused electronic … Continue reading →

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Barbara Louise Kline (1932-2018)

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Knapp Notes

We lost a member of the Kline family this week. Barbara Louise Kline died Thursday, May 10, at her home in Rootstown. Barbara was born 8 Oct 1932 in Ravenna and was one of 13 children of Joseph Kline and … Continue reading →

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Close Call in Fallbrook

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Knapp Notes

John R. Knapp, son of John P. and Sophie Knapp, narrowly escaped a fast moving wildfire raging through the San Diego area. Yesterday morning he was forced to evacuate his home in Fallbrook, Calif., after a sheriff’s deputy knocked on … Continue reading →

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