If you have been following this blog for a while you may know that I have been working to get a copy of a big family tree (almost 4 ft X 4 ft) that traces the family back several generations in Germany. Partially to see how it matches the research we have already done andContinue reading “Mauser Family Tree from Germany”
Category Archives: Württemberg, Germany
Mauser Research
It’s been a busy genealogy week here. I have some active things going with the Mayflower Society, Daughers of the American Revolution, National Society Descendants of American Farmers and a research project just completed on the Mauser line in Germany. My entire genealogy research bug started when Grandpa Mauser was pretty sure that we mustContinue reading “Mauser Research”
Mauser Rifle Connection?
I feel like the thing that got me started in genealogy work was the question Grandpa Murl had – how are the Big Springs, NE Mausers related to Peter Paul and Wilhelm Mauser, the inventors of the Mauser rifle. When I started, I got stuck in how to research German records in addition to theContinue reading “Mauser Rifle Connection?”
Johann Jacob Mauser and Eva Katharina Meister Photo and Story Gallery
This post is the first in my series of the 6th generation of my family tree. I count myself as generation 1. That means that Johann Jacob and Eva Katharina are my 3X Great Grandparents. They are the grandparents of my Great Grandfather Ben Mauser. We know that Johann Jacob was born in Burgstall, GermanyContinue reading “Johann Jacob Mauser and Eva Katharina Meister Photo and Story Gallery”
William Adams and Rosa Scheuffler Photo and Story Gallery
William John “Wilhelm” Adams and Rosa Elizabeth Scheuffler are Cory’s 2X Great Grandparents on his maternal side. They are the parents of Cory’s Great Grandmother Francis Magdalene Adams who is then the mother of his grandfather Alex Lobner. We know very little about William and Rosa before their marriage in Pennsylvania. We do know thatContinue reading “William Adams and Rosa Scheuffler Photo and Story Gallery”
Gottlob Mauser and Anna Moeller Photo and Story Gallery
I have completed the first pass at documentation for my 2X Great Grandparents, and will start posting from the top of the tree. Gottlob and Anna are the parents of my Great Grandfather Benjamin Gottlob Mauser. As always, if there is something incorrect, unclear or missing in what I have, I welcome corrections and additions.Continue reading “Gottlob Mauser and Anna Moeller Photo and Story Gallery”
Low German and High German Language
As I was finalizing getting the posts for my 2X great grandparents on my paternal side ready, I was reminded of comments that had been made about how even though they all spoke German, there was High German and Low German and the dialects were different. (As an aside, there was apparently also some discussionContinue reading “Low German and High German Language”
Cory and Nicole Family History 