planning to continue

Well now I've come the the finish of my project for my family history class. However, that does not mean I'm going to stop sharing new information I find on my family. I still plan to:

-post pictures of ancestors
-share more stories when I learn of them
-update my pedigree chart when needed
-share more documents I find
-update you on my personal history/the time line of my life
-post more family photos when important events occur
-let you know when I fulfill certain goals/plans I have for my future
-and any other family history item I deem important to share

Thanks for visiting my family history blog! I hope you found it at least a little interesting, and I hope it sparks a desire in yourself to keep track of this kind of information! It really is fun and interesting to learn all these neat things about ancestors! :)

Photographs

Grandpa Joe Jr. and Grandma Cheril Zumstein

Carrie (Caroline) Marie Ritter Zumstein

(continuing on from the binder "Zumstein Family History")

"In Helvetia, Oregon U.S.A on October 21, 1907 Carrie Marie Ritter was born at the Yungen Farm. She was the second child of Elise and Fred Ritter. She joined a sister Lillian age eighteen months. Elise was 18 years old and Fred was 24.

Unfortunately circumstances caused Elise and Fred to separate before Carrie was born. They were then divorced. Two years later Elise married John Merz and Carrie soon had 5 brothers and 5 more sisters, Johnny, Louis, Edith, Marie, William, Eloise, Virginia, Donald, Jessie, and Kenneth.

The following is Carrie's story as she has written it herself, with a few clarifications added:

Joseph John Zumstein

This is my great grandpa on my dad's dad's side, and here is his story before he met my great grandma Carrie.
(This is taken from the information gathered by other members of the family who put together a binder of our family history)

"In Kerns Switzerland on December 3, 1896 Joseph John Zumstein was born. Josef was 37 years old and Emma was 23. He was Emma and Josef's second child joining his sister Marie, age fifteen months. Joseph was soon joined by five more sisters and one brother, Hedwig, Emma (called Gertrude), Anny, Walter, Lina, and Martha.

They were a very musical family playing a variety of instruments. Joseph played the accordion. Many evenings they would sit outside their homes playing their instruments and yodeling to their neighbors across the valley. The neighbors would then play and yodel back to them. Joseph helped his father farm their land and attended school.

ancestors!

This is a pedigree starting with myself and going 5 generations back


This is how far I've gotten as of December 6, 2010. I'm having a hard time finding more, but hopefully I can soon! :)