Winter Genealogy Projects

Recently I have started indexing my genealogy research. No small task because I have been active on Ancestry now for over 7 years and chasing down the family tree without ancestry for almost 20 years. Over the years I have met cousins I didn't know I had and aunts and uncles I had previously lost contact with. I have received so much help from these family members as well as many documents and photos from people who are family that I know personally and those family members whom I only know online for now. In return, I have given back what I can, whether it be information I have or doing family tree work online. Sometimes it might even be a care package of homemade goodies.

Indexing my personal documents are traditionally winter projects for me and since the computer files are relatively safe for now, I focus on the physical records I have acquired over the years. Last winter I indexed Neuschwanger, from Germany to North America, 1846 into a searchable Word document. This winter I am looking at indexing Buzzing the Orient; USS Hornet CVA-12 Far Eastern Cruise 1957.

The photo I am closing the post with today is 4 Generations of Women from my mother's side of the family (can you tell I really like pictures?). These women start with my mother, Ruth Willhite Hall and end with my Great Great Grandmother Minnie Keske Kuester, both sitting in the chair. Standing to the left is my Great Grandma (Gross Grandma as we called her), Bertha Kuester Rauschke and standing on the right is my Grandma (Grossma as my children called her), Gertrude Rauschke Willhite.

4 Generations of Women
Standing left to right: Bertha (Kuester) Rauschke, Gertrude (Rauschke) Willhite.
In and on the chair from left to right: Minnie (Keske) Kuester, Ruth (Willhite) Hall