A Family History/Genealogy Resource
For members of the extended Schutze, Bartlett, McCrie and Ehrlich families.
Today's date is July 16th (New York time zone)
On This Date
- Jane Hannah arrived in 1835 in Hounsfield, New York from Belfast, Ireland
- Sarah Campbell was married in 1862 in Mosa Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
- Ella May Grow was born in 1867 in Vernon, Shiawassee, Michigan
- Mary Louise Heist was born in 1874 in Chesaning, Saginaw, Michigan
- Donald McNair died in 1922 in Kilmartin, Argyll, Scotland
- Jonathan Larry "Jon" Walworth was born in 1969 in Flint, Genesee, Michigan
From the Blog...
Rose Estall: A Rose By Any Other Name
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ William Shakespeare This is the story of Rose Estall, our grandmother Bessie’s sister, who through some name changes left me at sea in the search for her. (Ironic, considering Bessie believed Rose was …
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6 June 2023Another Door Opens
In preparation for our trip to Germany to walk in the footsteps of our ancestors, we reviewed the parish records of the Bavarian village of Röckingen, where our Schrotzberger ancestors hailed from. The Schrotzberger clan appeared in the parish records from 1736 through the time when our great-great-grandfather left to pursue his career as a …
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8 May 2023Just Ask a Librarian
Librarians are my favorite kind of people. They are exceptionally helpful … and altruistically so. Not motivated by profit, pride, or power, they offer their services with a generosity that’s, well, frankly, uncommon today. Combine that with their intelligence and resourcefulness, and you have a cadre of bookish people who are your best friends when …
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10 April 2023DNA: Did we pass the test?
It was with a certain amount of trepidation that we decided to take a DNA test. For one thing, I’m a private person, and exposing our DNA isn’t exactly the height of privacy. At best we open ourselves — if we allow it — to share our results with other researchers. At worst, we leave …
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26 March 2023The Story “Behind” the Photograph
One of my favorite family photographs[1] is of Friedrich Hermann Schütze (1851-1909), my great-grandfather. In the photograph he looks so intense, yet contemplative; a young man who knows where he’s going in life and has the ability and ambition to get there. (As it turned out, the “there” was America.) The bottom of the photograph …
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