Category Archives: Family History

A treasure trove from cousin Mike!

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Ann

I have been eagerly watching my mailbox for the past week, waiting for a very special delivery to be made from Mike Wise in Georgia. It arrived on Thursday, just as cousin Mike’s postmaster had promised. What a treasure trove! … Continue reading →

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Two heads of cabbage and why I write Knapp Notes

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Ann

I began writing Knapp Notes in 2010 with four goals: To teach myself WordPress. For those of you that don’t know, I am a writer by trade. And for writers, blogs are where we shine nowadays. To share my genealogy … Continue reading →

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Anyone know the location of May/Kline homesteads?

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Ann

A few weeks ago, I was contacted by a May descendant who will be visiting northeast Ohio in October to do some family history research. Catherine Renschler, who is also the Executive Director of  the Adams County Historical Society, located … Continue reading →

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The case of the missing tombstone: Part 2

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Ann

Thanks to a fellow genealogist, I learned more about the circumstances surrounding the “missing tombstone” today. The plaque is located at the base of a memorial dedicated to Portage County’s Civil War veterans – not on the altar in the … Continue reading →

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John W. Palm (1881 – 1925): Part 2

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Ann

I know I started this series of posts about the men shown in an old photograph of the St. Joseph Band some time ago. Sorry I had to put it down for awhile. But the KNAPP family has been pretty … Continue reading →

Posted in Family History, Kline/Cline/Klein, Knapp, Local History, Obituaries, Palm, Portage County, St. Joseph Band, St. Joseph Randolph, St. Peter of the Fields Rootstown | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Another new branch discovered on the Knapp family tree!

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Ann

This past week, I was contacted through Knapp Notes by a cousin who is a descendant of our immigrant ancestor, Franz Adam KNAPP. If we have the genealogy correct, she is a descendant of Eve KNAPP, daughter of Franz Adam … Continue reading →

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Mark your calendars

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Ann

What’s happening on April 2 in 2012? Well, to those of us who are avid genealogists, it’s an important day. That’s when the 1940 U.S. Census becomes available online to the public. For those of you that aren’t genealogists, there … Continue reading →

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Thieves, horse traders and brothel-keepers

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Ann

An interesting item I ran across in Dick Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter is a story about former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn. You may remember the news stories about him being accused of assaulting a hotel maid in New … Continue reading →

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A case of mistaken identity…

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Ann

I received an interesting note from one of our readers recently that confirmed some of my own suspicions. As you know (if you read my last post!), our cousin from St. Louis, Jeff Trares, located a photo of John Sebastian … Continue reading →

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John Sebastian Trares: Photo from a St. Louis area cousin!

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Ann

Thanks to the generosity of a St. Louis cousin, we now have a photograph of John Sebastian TRARES and his wife, Cordelia. That’s the best thing about the genealogy community – you meet wonderful people who are always willing to … Continue reading →

Posted in Family History, Germany, Hessen, Knapp, Photos, Portage County, Trares | Tagged , , | 1 Comment