My grandfather was ashamed of his heritage. He took the details to his grave.
My aunt tried to hunt it down for the longest time, but it was impossible to completely figure out. I did no better using the internet.
The letter allowed her to figure out one of my grandfather's grandparents, and back a few generations of germans.
Some parts of that line are unclear. They were non-germans living in what became Germany at the wrong time of history. The records were lost, and to our knowledge no relatives made it through the wars. My surname is unknown.
My grandfather's mother is also uncertain. There are records for four people with the same name, and we don't know which is the right one. They vary from full indian to half indian half polish. The only clue was a funeral in Stuart Neb, which is a Sioux area.
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Date: 2006-01-19 10:05 am (UTC)My aunt tried to hunt it down for the longest time, but it was impossible to completely figure out. I did no better using the internet.
The letter allowed her to figure out one of my grandfather's grandparents, and back a few generations of germans.
Some parts of that line are unclear. They were non-germans living in what became Germany at the wrong time of history. The records were lost, and to our knowledge no relatives made it through the wars. My surname is unknown.
My grandfather's mother is also uncertain. There are records for four people with the same name, and we don't know which is the right one. They vary from full indian to half indian half polish. The only clue was a funeral in Stuart Neb, which is a Sioux area.