Although the blog has been pretty quiet this year, I have done quite a bit of genealogy in recent weeks (an update on all my genealogy endeavors is at the bottom of this post). One project that has received quite a lot of attention is my Rudeen paternal line. Dad took a Y-DNA test earlier this year, so I felt it was important to find out as much as I could about his paternal line.

Several weeks ago, I ordered a copy of the death certificate for Harry Rudeen. Harry Rudeen was my grandpa Lawrence Rudeen’s older brother. He died young, at the age of only 25. I wanted to confirm the family lore about his cause of death: diabetes.

I’ve been doing lots of genealogy lately, but either it’s not interesting to write about (organizing stuff) or it’s still a work in progress.. But I did come across a few interesting finds on the Rudeen side of the family this week.