Here’s a copy of Joseph Rademacher’s birth record as found in the church records in Olpe. You might want to click on the image and open it in a new window f you want to refer to the full-size version as we go along. So the title at the top says “Geborne und Gefaufte im […]
Digital technology to the rescue
Nothing is sadder than a badly faded photo in your family album. Fortunately, digital technology can really come to the rescue, even if the photo is faded beyond recognition. In the last entry, we looked at a photo of Salathiel and Lydia Timmons along with their daughter Effie. Missing in that family photo was their […]
Our first records search
Upon arriving at the Family History Library back in 1992, we found ourselves in the International Section in the first basement level. Some helpful volunteers at the information desk helped us look up Olpe in the computer system. According to the computer, they had microfilm records on file for two churches in Olpe in the […]
Thelma’s Photo Album
My grandma, Thelma Ethel (Frasier) Pearson, once made a photo album containing photos of her mother’s and father’s families. A few years ago, my mom took that photo album apart and then put it back together again using acid-free archival materials. She copied all of the inscriptions and kept all the photos is the same […]
Where did the Rademachers come from?
When Dale and I first started researching the Rademacher family history, all we had to go on was a 22-page family tree that had been assembled in about 1975 by Mrs. Joe (Kay) Nave. Kay’s mother-in-law was Helena Rademacher Nave, the beautiful woman (back row, second from left) in the Rademacher family photo. (Next weekend, […]
