The Kaski & Untiedt Family Trees

Hans Jochim Fraass is my 5th great-grandfather on my maternal grandmother's side.   Today, I found the record of his death. See the image below, row 45. It shows that on May 30, 1814, he died and was buried on June 1, 1814 in Eldena. He was 75 years old (those are some great genes!) and was from Liep. If you read my last post, you'll notice I've now identified yet another Mann ancestor line coming from Eldena. These Eldena records have been a gold mine for my dorky self.  P.S. Want to save a copy? Right click on the image and "Save As". This will let you zoom in as well.

 As someone who has been researching my family history for such a long time, I found a treasure of a find today. On my mother's side, I've long believed that many of the Mann ancestors came to the US from the same place and around the same time, landing in Luverne, Minnesota. However, tracing the names "John Mann" and "William Mann" haven't been the easiest. In 2000, I had the pleasure of searching through the St. John's Lutheran Church records in Luverne, and was mesmerized by the number of times the same surnames popped up over and over. Over time, I've identified many US marriages linking together these families; however, that's not rare that people married people from their community and church.  But today, I found a single page of history that shows that so many of the Mann ancestors did live near each other in Germany prior to emigrating to the United States. Below is a copy of this fascinating record: the 1876 baptismal records from El...