Genealogy Contact
October 26, 2006
I have to tell you, I really love doing this genealogy research. I had put it on the back burner for a couple of weeks while I transitioned my websites to a new host – more to come on that after all the websites have all been moved.
A couple of days ago, I received a phone call from a Nancy Kott. My Mother is a Kott. She has a sister (my Aunt) named Nancy Kott. Suzanne actually took the call while I was working with tech support on the web transfer. She asked if I wanted to talk to Nancy about some information on the Kott family. I did, but couldnt take the call at that moment and wondered what my Aunt would possible have on family history since I had already canvassed known family members.
A bit later, I took a look at the note Suzanne had taken and realized that it wasnt my Aunt that had called. It was another Nancy Kott. Now I was REALLY interested. I called her back that night and had a wonderful conversation with Nancy.
I havent done the analysis yet to figure out exactly how I am related to her, but she thought we were 2nd cousins once removed. Let’s see… She is the granddaughter of my Mother’s Dad’s brother. Hmmm… :cwy: okay, so I dont know the formal meaning of that, but who cares!!! It was a real treat to talk with her. :thumbs_up:
She had loads of info on the Kott family that was fascinating. My Mother’s Dad, Raymond Kott, died when she was really young and she, and thus our family, never really knew the Kott side of the family. Nancy was amazed to hear that my Grandmother was still alive as her Dad used to know her.
Nancy has now included Norma Mackela in our discussions. I dont remember the relationship there, but I have it in my notes somewhere. Norma has spent the last few days sending me loads of pictures from the early days of the family. I have just loved looking at the old sepia toned pictures.
Nancy and Norma have both passed on lots of new Kott names and family history and stories that I dont have in my family tree. They should be sending me their research and trees soon for inclusion into mine. Also, we are trying to setup a phone call between that side and my Mother and Grandmother. That would be fantastic if we can make it happen. My Mom and Grandma have been comparing notes the last few days to see what they could remember. It matches what Nancy and Norma have passed along extremely closely. Mother and Grandma are very excited about the upcoming phone discussion.
I cant wait to get their family tree for addition into mine!! :w00t:Â And the addition of all those wonderful old photos is going to markedly increase the quality of my family history research – not to mention the stories they have already begun to tell.
Another Klasen Family Tree Update
October 5, 2006
Tonight, I have made another major update to the Klasen Family Tree. This was a pretty easy update to make, but it significantly increased the size of the tree once again.
I concentrated on an area that I hadnt touched before – The Brunks. My sister Kelly is married to Timothy John Brunk and I had zero, zilch, nada on his family. I thought it important that her kids be able to see the family history on both sides. So, I dug in and found a wealth of info on the Brunk lineage.
I was able to trace Tim’s history all the way back to Johann Wehage in the 1650′s. Johan would have been Tim’s great great great great great great grandfather. Obviously, he wasnt a Brunk, but Tim’s grandfather married a Wehage. The majority of this find is related to the Wehage lineage.
After this update, the top 20 surnames in the Klasen Family Tree looks like this:
| [125] | Wehage |
| [57] | Gartner |
| [36] | Komray |
| [32] | Kott |
| [27] | Maskelis |
| [25] | Bittman |
| [24] | Thompson |
| [24] | Traun |
| [19] | Jurgens |
| [18] | Pompu |
| [18] | Brunk |
| [17] | Pomedli |
| [16] | Pechuls |
| [15] | Mitternight |
| [14] | Welle |
| [13] | Burkett |
| [12] | Cummings |
| [12] | Scholz |
| [11] | Karvelis |
| [11] | Korkus |
The surnames of Wehage and Gartner (amongst others) are new with this update and are now dominating the surname list. The surname Brunk has now made the top 20.
The Klasen surname is far down the list, but I hope to break into the top 20 soon. I have uncovered lots of good leads and am one short fact away from expanding my family history significantly. My grandfather Fred Klasen has always been as far back as I could go. I believe I have located his father Nicholas W Klasen. The dates appear correct, the locations appear correct and a sisters name (Mary Klasen) appears correct. I would like one more piece of info so that I can definitively tie them together.
If Nicholas W Klasen is really who I think he is, then I will be able to trace my Klasen family heritage all the way back to Germany and will have a whole set of new leads to pursue.
On a bit of a side note, I am now using Family Tree Maker for my genealogy work and then uploding to the Mr Papa’s World Genealogy site. Everyone can still see the latest family tree on that site using the phpgedview application.
Back to the hunt…
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